Rental Scammer - [email protected]

From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] ]
Subject: Re: Basement Suite in a Brand New Custom Design House

Hi,

Thanks for your email and interest in the property.. I personally own the property and also want you to know that it was due to my transfer that made me and my wife to leave the property and also want to give it out for rent and looking for a responsible person that can take very good care of it as we are not after the money for the rent but want it to be clean at all time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own. So for now, We are here in United State Of America in our new house and also with the keys and documents of the house. I and my wife came over to United states for a missionary work, so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the house. kindly get back to me on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting home. The rent fee is included all the utilities . I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP so that i can forward you an application form to fill out and discuss on how to get the property for rent.

Respectfully

From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected] ]
Subject: RENTAL APPLICATION FORM

Hello Tenant,

Thanks for your prompt reply, I am very happy to read from you and I am willing and wish to rent my property to you. Actually, all I and my wife care about is just a good tenant to take better care of the place for us and I am putting all my trust in you. The rent fee includes all utilities such as :
Phone/Internet/Cable/Dishwasher/Microwave/hydro/heat/garbage Disposal/Hydro and so on. Damage deposit is $600 but note that the damage deposit is refundable after the end of your tenancy. I am staying here in United State for 2 years and when I return I am planning to get another place. We will require the damage deposit to be send to us here and the other rent fee will be monthly basis. I want you to fill the rent application form below and send it back to me.

RENTAL APPLICATION FORM

TENANT NAME:
PERMANENT ADDRESS:
DELIVERY ADDRESS IF DIFFERENT FROM PERMANENT ADDRESS:
MARTIAL STATUS:
PHONE NUMBER:
NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO STAY THERE:
EMAIL ADDRESS:
MOVE IN DATE:
DO YOU HAVE PETS?:

Kindly fill the application and once everything is okay with me, I will contact the shipping company (FEDEX DELIVERY) to come pick up the keys and documents for shipping as soon as possible. Also, I will get back to you with a payment details to send the damage deposit alone for me to process the shipping of the package and the month rent will be send upon your move in date.

Below are the content of the package that will be ship over to you:

1. Description and Full address to the property
2. Bunch of Keys including the entrance and room keys
3. A month and damage deposit receipt

Hope to see you there soon, that reminds me my name is Jessee and my wife name is Theresa, You may contact me on the phone number (951) 291-8412 either text or call are welcome .

Your potential Landlord

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.