Room for Rent and other rental scams
#295878 by Michelle Mon May 23, 2016 10:44 am
From: <[email protected]>

Subject: Re: 4bed 2 bath
To: Michelle Banks
Cc:

Hello Michelle

Thanks for the mail and for your interest in renting my house, we have go through the application form and everything is okay by us, well we just want you to know that you can live there as long as you want, also you can move out anytime you want.But you just need to inform us a month before you leave, so that i can be able to look for another good tenant like you....you have to provide the security deposit $600 now and when you get the keys and documents, you will then send us the first month rent....and also the keys and document of the house will be send to you via FedEx so right now i will like you to send me the name of the person who will receive the keys and the address were you want the keys to be deliver too and it will be delivered at your door step in the next 18 hours after the payment is been confirm down here okay.....Please once again,we are giving you this on trust and do not disappoint us, and I promise you that you will love the house. So I am with the below document here with me, and I will like to know whether you are ready for the payment via money gram.Get back to me via email

Here are the contents of the document.

1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2)Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details)
3)The house documentary file.
4)Payment Receipt.
5)Full address and description of the house

I will also need you to confirm your delivery details and also to answer the below questions so as to certify my worries about you taking charge of my house:

Delivery Name:
Delivery Address:
Phone #:

So pls get back to me today or YOU CAN ALSO CONTACT ME @ (409) 292-6146
I await your reply ASAP.
Regard and God bless you!!!


This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram, pre-paid credit card or bank transfer with a promise that you can have the keys to a property that does not belong to him.

Sounds safe. It's not!

At other times, he will ask for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string of time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union or MoneyGram payment to a lawyer,a friend or family member.

In either case, if payment is made and you give this person the details, they will collect the money.
You will not hear from them again.

All the details such as names, addresses, pictures etc. that the scammer uses in order to back up his story, are stolen from elsewhere.

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 Craigslist, Gumtree or similar listing sites. If you receive any requests from 'Landlords' asking for some kind of payment 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.

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