Room for Rent and other rental scams
#281463 by antiscamalert Fri Jan 15, 2016 6:08 pm
Be aware of rental scammer that goes by the name Frank Mayer Muller who supposedly just moved to Manchester and offers to rent his house for a good deal. Wants payment in advance for the first month plus a deposit, up to 1000 euro that must be transferred through Moneygram. He promises to send the key by express mail after payment is done. This time he looks for victims in Amsterdam, but he also operates in Singapore and Germany. As an attempt to increase confidence he sends his fake photoshopped passport and a rental contract. He also uses the emailadress [email protected] for the roommate. In other scams he also uses the name Maarten Gustaaf Antonie. The other data in the Dutch passport were the same: date of birth 9-5-1956, Goirle. He says he is a civil engineer. He communicates through skype, name rich.smile1 .

Email send by the supposed roommate:
Hi,
I'm Anna Greta,My Father is from America and My Mother is from Swiss
and I'm coming to study International and diplomatic study and Dutch
in Amsterdam,I'm 23 years old and I like to play tennis,read books and
novels and I like riding a bicycle and watching movies as well and I
will arrive by February and I will stay in the apartment for 2 years
and I have already booked a room and signed the contract, My Aunt got
the flat keys after we make the payment to Mr Muller Frank Mayer and
my Aunt went to the house to check the apartment and seems perfect,
neat and beautiful and I hope to meet you soon

Yours Sincerely,

Anna
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