Scammer:Rentals Service city ([email protected]

I was scammed by this scammer, email: [email protected]

The first contact I made was through this ad at The Craigslist
http://london.craigslist.co.uk/vac/1776192323.html

I made a deposit and security deposit for this apartment through bank transfer to this bank account:

Account name: P.shanmugam
Account number: 08332423
Sort code: 11-00-01
Bic swift code: HLFXGB2LXXX
IBAN no: GB91HLFX11000108332423
Bank Name:Halifax Bank
Bank Address:100/102 High Street North, E6 2HT
Contact Address: 234, Culfied Road, London E6 2DQ, Uk.

He used this website to present the apartment: http://www.rentalsservicecity.com/id1.html but it has been taken down now.

After I made the deposit he constantly claimed that the money had not arrived in his bank account, which was not true. Then he suggested I sent the money again through Western Union using this name and address:

Name: Peter Shanmugam
Address: 154, Masterman Road, East Ham. E6 3NP

The IP-trace from his email headers show that he sent the email from Nigeria:

41.155.18.245 IP address location & more:
IP address [?]: 41.155.18.245 [Copy][Whois] [Reverse IP]
IP country code: NG
IP address country: Nigeria
IP address state: n/a
IP address city: n/a
IP address latitude: 10.0000
IP address longitude: 8.0000
ISP of this IP [?]: Starcomms Limited
Organization: Starcomms Limited
Host of this IP: [?]: dial-pool18.lg.starcomms.net [Whois] [Trace]
Full-screenLocation of the IP address
41.155.18.245:
in Nigeria.

Here is the info about the interenet provider of the scammer:
OrgName: African Network Information Center
OrgID: AFRINIC
Address: Level 11ABC
Address: Raffles Tower
Address: Lot 19, Cybercity
City: Ebene
StateProv:
PostalCode:
Country: MU

NetRange: 41.0.0.0 - 41.255.255.255
CIDR: 41.0.0.0/8
NetName: NET41
NetHandle: NET-41-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to AfriNIC
NameServer: NS1.AFRINIC.NET
NameServer: NS-SEC.RIPE.NET
NameServer: NS2.LACNIC.NET
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
Comment:
RegDate: 2005-04-12
Updated: 2009-05-27

OrgAbuseHandle: GENER11-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Generic POC
OrgAbusePhone: +230 4666616
OrgAbuseEmail: [email protected]

OrgTechHandle: GENER11-ARIN
OrgTechName: Generic POC
OrgTechPhone: +230 4666616
OrgTechEmail: [email protected]

Be aware!! Since I made the mistake of trusting a scammer I have learned that there is SO much scam going on out there on the Internet involving rental apartments. It's just terrible how they can ruin many family vacations by stealing and lying to people, and the worst part is that they seem to get away with it!

Sorry to read that you were a victim judygarland.
Thanks for posting all those details.

they seem to get away with it!

Sadly,you are right.
But you just might save somebody else from going through the same experience.
Hopefully they will search for information on the "landlord" and arrive at your post.