by Michelle
Sat Jul 03, 2010 2:27 pm
Hello,
My name is Dilya Kudratova and I am from Russia and the flat is
still available for rent. I had an aunt in UK and after her death she
left me her apartment from UK a few years ago.
The flat was redecorated last year and the flat is looking very
nice and clean. The property has a fully furnished kitchen,clean and
well tidy sitting rooms,laundry room,and fully furnished with home
utilities like: electric shower, Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Owen
and microwave, dryer, iron, washing machine , refrigerator ,
dishwasher, power shower, heater, cable ready,TV set and DVD player,
Internet connection, equipped kitchen and everything a house needs. I m
interested in finding someone clean who can take care of this house
more then getting money from renting it if you know what I mean.
Till last month the apartment was rented by some students from
Germany and now they left and the apartment is available again for
rent. The price I want is £370 per month,bills included and I am
intrested in a long term agreement,minimum 6 month!
If you are decided to view the flat and have the money I could
come in the next few days to show you the apartment and maybe sign the
tenancy agreement if you like my flat(I am sure you will love it) but
first I have to be sure you really do need a place to live because two
weeks ago a person from Gloucester told me he is really interested and
he asked me to go to Gloucester to meet him and sign the tenancy
agreement and when I arrived there no person showed up to rent my place
and I lost time and money for nothing. Please accept my apologises if I
am rude but I hope you will understand me!
I will wait for your e-mail,Dilya Kudratova
Hello again,
The flat is nearby the address I gaved you! We could meet
Saturday and maybe sign the tenancy agreement! We will modify the
tenancy agreement because the one that I sent you is a standard one! I
am a looking for a responsable couple of professional tenants or mature
students, who could take care of the flat more than getting money from
rent because I have had some students as tenants who damaged the
furniture but you see these is due to previous predicament that I have
gone through in the past trying to rent the property to some students,I
have got to realize so many people are not really in need of an
apartment all they do is secure a place in advance, My last experience
in trying to rent the property to a particular lady had got me to
predicate on these,she made me believe she was willing and ready to get
the apartment she even went to the extend of showing me her statement
of account,which made me took her for the viewing but after taking her
for the viewing,she saw the apartment and got to love it and never
wanted to loose it,so she kept pleading i retain it for her because she
is not financially composed at the moment,which i did but end up
disastrously.
I am willing to reduce the advance from two months to one
month if you promise me to take care of the flat! So basically for me
to be sure of you been willing and ready to get the apartment I will
employ you walk into any Money Gram outlet and send the total bill cash
£850(two months rent and one month refundable deposit) to your
partener`s name(NOT to ME),or your partener should send it to you with
location of Gloucester,All I need is for you to get back to me with the
receipt issued to you after making the transaction so I can confirm
it! When we will meet in person to sign the papers we will go together
to Money Gram and you or your partner will withdraw the cash and pay me
in hand or you can pay me on Monday by bank transfer! I just need to
see that you do have the money available and you do have serious
intentions in renting the flat! If the Money Gram agent will ask you
about the receiver you should tell him that is your cousin because the
transfer fees will be cheaper! Anyway I will pay for it either you take
the flat or not! I will book the flight for Saturday as soon as I have
your positive answer because I can come only in weekends!
I do apologise for that but as I told you last time when I
arrived to Gloucester to show the flat to a person everything was a
stupid joke and I hope you understand me because I don`t want to waste
my time and money on plane tickets..
Regards, Dilya Kudratova
The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".
Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you
He will ask you to send him the transfer details.
Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money again.
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 Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment by Western Union 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.
