by Con Warner
Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:03 am
From: Samuel Osagie <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 11:11
Subject: Re: Apartment for rent
To: Con Warner
Hello,
PEACE BE WITH YOU.
This is to acknowledge your mail.we have reviewed your application form and have finally concluded to rent the apartment to you.we shall stop the advert of this apartment making you our new tenant when you make the security deposit fee of $700 , please once again we need a good replacement of us in the apartment, so that we will be glad when we come at anytime to visit you to know you better.
We strongly believe that you are a respectable and responsible person,we are sure you would be able to take great care of our apartment.Also,there's a parking space,we are giving you this on trust so do not disappoint us and we promise you that you will love the house and the peaceful serene environment.
Below are the terms i will be sending via UPS to your address ,immediately you inform us that you have deposited the funds,
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form (Containing your reference details)
3) Agreement Form which you would sign and send back to me.
4) The House Documentary file.
5) Payment Receipt.
6) Full address and description of the house
7) Authorization Letter signed by me
8) Lease Agreement.
I would have prefer you sending the deposit to my bank account directly,but the fact that you have to at least see/view what you are renting,The funds should be deposited with Western Union. Now, in Western Union, there's a Security Test Question and a Security Test Answer, which without it we cannot collect the funds here.
You can make the deposit with your own different Test Question and Test Answer but you would not give us the Test Question and Test Answer until you receive the house keys and house documents. All you need to send to me is the MTCN Number so i can confirm from Western Union that the said amount was sent. And after you receive the House Keys and Documents, you would give the Security Test Question and Answer so that i can receive the funds.
The details to deposit the funds are found below:
RECEIVER'S NAME: SAMUEL OSAGIE
ADDRESS: 18A Apostle Camp Close
CITY: LAGOS
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
DEPOSIT AMOUNT:$700.00
After you have made the deposit, send me the MTCN number so that i can confirm that the funds has been deposited and after you receive the House Keys and Documents and you are satisfied with the apartment, you can release the Security Test Question and Answer to me so that i can pick up the funds here but if you do not like the apartment, then you can go to the Western Union location where you sent the funds from and request for a refund of your money and send the keys back to me through UPS as i have a shipper's account with UPS.
Email me immediately the payment is been made or call on my cell number +234-703-485-5829
Hope to hear from you asap.
This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram, pre-paid credit card or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.
Sounds safe. It's not!
At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.
In either case, if payment is made and you give this person the details, they will collect the money.
You will not hear from them again.
All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.
If you are reading this because you are looking for property to rent, and you are in contact with this thief you are probably searching Craigslist, Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment before viewing, then it will also be a scam. Please forward the mail to me at the address in my signature line and I will investigate and list them if necessary.
