House to rent

Hi,

im very worried im been scammed and have given my name and adress out.
the guy was offering me a house with internt, off road parking, new bathroom or kitchen, and was going to send keys over but i must send money..
he also asked me to send the money to his driver as he is very busy..i have a name and address

please help

thanks

The scenario you describe is typical of a rental scam. If you have only given him your name and address (even if you have given a phone number) there is nothing to worry about. All of that information is publicly available anyway. You will likely see an increase of scam emails, and may receive some scams by snail mail or telephone, but that is the most you should expect.

Just tell this scammer you are no longer interested, and drop all correspondence with him. Don't answer him if he tries to contact you, and eventually he will go away to focus on victims who are going to pay.

If he is not listed here, please post his emails to you (remove all of your information), as he is likely trying to scam others using the same name, and almost certainly is running other scams using the exact same email scripts. Posting these will help others to avoid being scammed.

thanks for your email..i own it and it was due to my missionary trip that makes me, my wife and Daughter to leave the house and also want to give it out for rent and looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at the time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own. So for now, We are here in West Africa our new house and put all my worries off concerning the maintenance of the house , i have the keys to the house and it is right here with me, and also the house documents....... Which I can send to you after all necessary agreement has be accepted.. Also I will like you to know that the rent charges is not really the issue ,but your absolute maintenance of my house is most important thing so i want you to get back to me with the Application form below


RENT APPLICATION FORM


1)Your Full Name
2)Your Full Address & Phone Number
3)Age
4)Are you married
5)How many people will be living in the house
6)Do you have a pet
7)Do you have a car
8 )Occupation
9)When do you want to move in
10)How long do you want to stay in my house
11)Reason for moving out of Current home


Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the keys of the house to you.




New Hardwood floors
Kitchen upgraded.
Wood burning fireplace in Living Room
All appliances including a dishwasher
Includes Utilities
2 min walk to Shopping and Transit
In-suite laundry ,Cable ,Wireless internet
Easy access to public transportation

Hi
thanks for your response well i have received your information and i understand everything.Please please promise me that you will take very good care of my home cus that the most important thing to me now so .i will pack up the parcel now and get it ready for nextday delivery to your doorstep...so see below




rent is 500 pounds per month
damage deposit 150 pounds




Well i have the keys and documents with me in Nigeria ,I will pay for a nextday delivery so you will receive the keys and the contract signed by me and rent includes Utilizes..So please confirm your Details again

i will accept dss you will only pay 150 pounds upfront so i can use part of the money in shipping the parcel to you and when you get it..and check my home and love it ..i will then go ahead with the dss payment..I left behind some Facilities and electronics which include the rent, and a DVD player, air conditioning, alarm system. The kitchen is fully equipped with all necessary cooking utensils, a refrigerator-freezer, four-hob and oven, microwave,dishwasher and washing machine, My Computer Connected with Internet Access..so i want you to make the down deposit now..So when you are ready to make the deposit payment for the rent All you need to do is Locate the nearest Moneygram office closer to you below

Go there, tell them you want to send money..Then ask for the sender's form, then fill with your info and mine then give the form and the cash to the agent to process, then after it has been processed, you will be given a receipt. Then all you need to do is just email me the confirmation( reference number ) as on receipt so i can confirm the payment then the parcel will be sent to you Via Fedex express mail delivery then when you get the parcel that will contain the keys and documents you can move in anytime.so i want you to make the deposit to my driver becuase this will eb a very busy week for me.so he will take care of the shippinng






Here is the info to send the deposit


Name: Ogunbunmi Samuel
Address: 20 Broad road
State: Lagos
Zipcode: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Amount: 150 pounds





. Pls let me know if that's fine. you can proceed with the deposit payment and email me with confirmation ..i have made arrangment with fedex so it will be shipment via express Mail

thanks,

iv also just had another one sent to me by someone else

Undoubtedly a scam.

I was just trying to think of a way to uncover scammers with particular reference to ones pretending to have UK properties for rent.

One way could be to ask for the Council Tax reference number and amount payable, which I believe no scammer would know or be be able to look up, but I'll do some research on it.

It's then possible to double check the authenticity here

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/diol1/doitonline/dg_4017252

Generally scammers are witless morons and won't do a lot of research or work, otherwise they wouldn't spend their time scamming.

Let me refine this method of uncovering UK property rental scammers. The problem being that most people only come here after they've been scammed and don't come here for advice before being targeted.

Hello k_a_y, and thank you for posting the emails you received - as GomerPyle says, it is definitely a scam.

Could you also post the email address which those scam mails were sent from? Then, if other people google that email address, it will lead them here, and they too can realise that this is a scam.

I'm glad you recognised the new email you received as a scam also. If you post that one as well, and the email address it came from, that too will warn others about the scam.

Merged from separate post - Michelle

Brian Holmes [email protected], [email protected]
Also uses this to send money to

Name: Ogunbunmi Samuel
Address: 20 Broad road
State: Lagos
Zipcode: 23401
Country: Nigeria

[email protected]

hope this helps

i realised something wasnt right when he said he would post they house keys today from Africa, who in there right mind would send there own house keys to someone they dont know.

and he also wouldnt tell me were the house was which was another reasons why

thanks guys

Hi, same thing happened to me. Bloke named Charles Oki send me this very same email.

[email protected]

200.00 GBP = 300 USD
Here is the info to send the deposit

Name: Ogunbunmi Samuel
Address: 68 Opebi Rd
State: Lagos
Zipcode: 23401
Country: Nigeria
Amount: $ 300 USD

Thanks for previous report!

MK

Scammers are ignorant morons, which is why they do what they do but. like mosquitoes, they learn to be good and effective at the one purpose they have in life, which is to cause other people suffering and harm.

The minute you're offered Western Union as the payment method that's the final clear indicator that you're in touch not only with a scammer, but a low level witless idiot. There are enough signs in hi sopening mails that he is unaware of Western life, and if you're thinking of planning to make any upfront payment you need to consider a few questions and checks to make beforehand.

More sophisticated scammers will do their homework on a property beforehand and may even have the use of a bank account, so you can be thankful that you came up against the 'bargain basement' scammer. There are much more dangerous 'sharks' out there but you can avoid falling for any of them by asking reasonable questions and performing a few simple checks.

For a UK property I would ask for the Council Tax billing reference which any owner would know and have no difficulty quoting to you. The advantage is that you can double check it and it would be one heck of a smart scammer who knew how to do that, or even knew what you were talking about.

Mr [email protected] is still around and is still trying this scam.

After placing an advert on Gumtree for a 2-bedroom property in Norwich. I got a e-mail from this individual, everything sounded good till he asked me for the home application. I almost filled it in but then thought I'd just google his name. Thank god I did.

Beware of [email protected]! He got my partners hopes up as she thought she had found our home. Now I have to tell her otherwise.

Hi Dave, welcome to Scamwarners.

I am glad you had the good sense to do some searches to find the truth, well done.

If you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask