Room for Rent and other rental scams
#328840 by Michelle Tue May 23, 2017 3:44 am
From: Blessed Home <[email protected]>

I feel so completed this day for receiving your email.in fact i must tell you that my family feel so happy right now for finding a caring one like you,i know God brought us together because i prayed fervently about this and i believe i am not making a mistake here,thanks for reassuring me at list i can count on you,alright i want you to get your mind relax because me and my family have accepted you as our beloved tenant,i know God almighty brought us together for a purpose and i believe am not making a mistake right here by sending out the keys and document down to you so you can package in at your less convenient time.

We are very excited and willing to let you move in our house as soon as possible and i have concluded with my family on accepting payment for the first month rent which is $900 and a security deposit of $900 which is a total sum of $1,800 to move in as soon as you are ready.

The Payment will be needed as soon as possible so as to proceed with the arrangement of the keys and documents to be delivered at your current address,The package containing the keys and documentations will be delivered to you through FedEx company to the address that you have provided (3820 Losco Road apt 622, Jacksonville, Florida 32246) Or where do you want the parcel to deliver to?

Here are the contents of the document.
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documentation file.


The payment will be sent via Money Gram at any Walmart store near you with my secretary information..

NAME: MAGDA VANHOECKE REUS
CITY: JACKSONVILLE
STATE: NORTH CAROLINA
ZIP CODE: 28546
COUNTRY: USA

Awaiting to hear back from you with the payment receipt so as to proceed further..

Thanks and God bless you,may the peace of thy lord guide and protect you and your entire family.Talk to you soon.


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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