Room for Rent and other rental scams
#340264 by Bryon Williams Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:11 pm
Olivier Antoine Oldon < [email protected] > wrote:

Hello,
Sorry for the delayed response.Thank you for taking the time to look at my apartment. I'm the owner, my name is Olivier Antoine Oldon.
Now a few words about the place. The apartment comes fully furnished, is very clean, quiet, and you can move in immediately. It has cable TV, high-speed internet, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. There are two parking spots and if you prefer to use your own furniture there is a storage unit where you can deposit my furniture. Well behaved pets are allowed. The area is just great and a very safe neighborhood.
The monthly rent is $900 - utilities included (Cable, water, sewer, electricity, heat) and please note that the rent is for the entire apartment. I am looking for someone to rent anywhere from 1 month to 5 years or more. Most of the time I'm offshore, I inspect oil rigs for a living and I'm looking for a responsible person that can take a very good care of my apartment. I had some bad tenants and now I had the property completely refurbished (see attached photos). As you can see I am not after a high profit, but after good tenants who will treat my property as their own home and I hope that you can send me some personal information about yourself.
The property is being managed by Airbnb and they will handle the whole rental process since I work offshore for the time being.
If you want to know more about the rental process please get back to me and I will send you the step by step procedure.

Find attached more photos and let me know if you like the apartment.

Regards,
IADC Certified Engineer - Olivier Antoine Oldon


Olivier Antoine Oldon < [email protected] > wrote:

Hello again,
As I already told you in my first email, Airbnb will handle the renting process in my behalf due to my offshore job. I will have to contact the Airbnb agency and provide them all the necessary information so they can start the rental process. For that I will need your full name, rental period with exact move-in date, if other persons will be living with you, your email, phone number and a copy if your ID or Passport if possible.
To secure the apartment you will be instructed to pay just the security deposit of $500 to Airbnb to confirm reservation ( which is fully refundable in case you don't like the apartment ). Only once the deposit is paid an agent will be assigned to handle the visit/ inspection so you will not be able to visit the apartment before the reservation.(Aibnb is a 20 billion dollars company but it has to manage more than 1,500,000 locations, so they would need an impossible number of agents to present every location they have without a deposit confirmation)
Once you confirm the payment you'll have two options, I could send you the keys by FedEx or you can meet the agent that will hand over the keys and rental agreement. Please note they require up to 48 hours to process your payment and rental details before they assign the agent that will handle the walk-through and all. The $500 security deposit will be refunded immediately if you don't like the place or once the contract will end if you decide to rent. ( but only If the apartment is not vandalized or something).
If you are satisfied with the apartment all you have to do is to provide a valid ID, pay the first month rent and sign the lease agreement. After you move in, the monthly payment will be sent directly to my bank account. If that is acceptable please provide the requested details and I will submit your application right away. I will send the Airbnb reservation offer to your email and you can take it from there.

Very important !! Please reply only if you fully understand the process as I have been disappointed lately with unserious persons when it comes to reserving. I'll have to pay for the transaction fees and just in case you change your mind I will not receive a refund from them!

You will find attached a photo of my passport for more transparency.

Regards,
IADC Certified Engineer - Olivier-Antoine Oldon


Olivier Antoine Oldon < [email protected] > wrote:

Hello, I just sent the airbnb offer and you are now welcome to reserve the apartment. Did you receive it ? If you have any problems or If you would like any additional information, please don't hesitate to ask or just let me know after you complete the reservation process.
PS: I wanted iTunes as payment method for the reservation because all the transactions completed using iTunes will have a 3% redirect to "American Cancer Organization ( ACO)" and I have like personal reasons in choosing this method, I hope is not to much trouble for you, Is a very simple process, you can find the cards in any CVS, 7/11 or Walgreen's.


Olivier Antoine Oldon <[email protected]> wrote:
Once you complete the reservation you will see further instructions, invoice and all in order to make the payment using iTunes. Is a very simple process, all you have to do is to buy the cards from any CVS or 7/11, must be at least a dozen of other stores where you can find the iTunes but first you must complete the reservation process.


Olivier Antoine Oldon <[email protected]> wrote:
I've sent you my passport, you saw my reviews on Airbnb, everything is impeccable. I assure you that I am a very serious host here and I would rather close this deal with other person than knowing that you'll be very stressed hoping that I am an honest person, until you see the apartment. Your peace of mind is a lot more important than this deal and if you decide not to go through with it there is no problem. Thank you so much for your time and interest.
Whatever you decide I wish you good luck


This Scammer will arrange to send you an Invoice -- Make no mistake, the Invoice will be fake !
If you are reading this because you have received such an invoice, kindly forward it to the address in my signature line and I will report the details to the appropriate authorities.

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#341936 by modee78 Sun Oct 15, 2017 9:40 am
Hello,
I think I just been scammed. Were you able to receive a full refund? How long does it take after filing a complaint to hear back from someone?
#341948 by AlanJones Sun Oct 15, 2017 10:52 am
If you are in touch with the scammer listed here then you have definitely been scammed and I am sorry, but there is no likelihood of you getting your money back.

Please do not tell scammers that they are listed here - it will take them seconds to change their fake details and their new details will not be listed for any future victims to find.

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