Possible Scam Rentals in Paris

Can someone please check out this web site/company to see if it is a scam?
web site: http://www.fasthomereservation.com/default.html
Person who we have had contact with: Stephen Perness
When I asked him for information on his company he sent this:
We are subsidiary of Ellis & Co
Tel - 020 7288 2254
Address -

15, Cloth Fair, London, EC1A 7HU

Stephen Perness

From reading some of your responses, we found he is using the phone number with 4470 which you have indicated is a warning sign.
This is the email he sent in response to our inquiry:
the IP address used is: 205.188.249.144

email:
Dearest Reba Strickland,

Thank you for your interest in one of our apartments. Our two bedroom apartment located at Rue Vieille du Temple is available for the date. The apartment is located within a very attractive section in Paris, France.

We charge 1800EUR for 28nights on two bedroom apartment with 20% discount. To secure the apartment we require 40% reservation deposit, plus refundable 200EUR security deposit to sure the apartment incase of damages. The security deposit will be refund back to you cash in hand when check out. To confirm your booking, you are to make deposit of 776EUR

Our payment mode is via Bank to Bank Transfer OR Wire Transfer.

We also offer free shuttle from the airport to the apartment and back to the airport when check out.

For more details visit our website - http://www.fasthomereservation.com/West-End.html

Looking forward to read from you soon.

Best Regards,
Stephen Perness
00447024037104


Note: Kindly provide us more details about yourself
1. Where you coming from?
2. Contact details
3. Reason why you want to secure the apartment

Hi there rebas64573,

That website most definately belongs to scammers. It is registered in the fake site database of our colleagues at aa419, and I already have sent a report to the hosters to get the site offline. The site doesn't have long to live

It should be noted that anyone asking payment through Western Union (or even just suggesting WU) is a scammer. Anyone using a +4470 telephone number is a scammer. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

.... and let us know the details of any bank account they ask you to send money to, as I'm researching them at present. It's usually the only information you'll be given that isn't false.

As has already been stated, this is a complete scam and you won't get a flat, but you will lose your money.