Room for Rent and other rental scams
#341760 by Michelle Fri Oct 13, 2017 9:49 am
[email protected]

Hello,

Thank you for the response. In order to make a reservation for the
room now; You will have to sign the reservation lease agreement with
me, I will only need your details for me to prepare the contract, the
contract will be prepared and send to you, you will have to print out
the contract and sign and then scan it back to me here so that I can
also sign my part of the contract, You will have to make the payment
to me here so that I can also post the flat keys to your current
address through Dhl courier service and it will arrive to your current
address within 24hrs after i post it here .

Here are the details needed for the contract to be prepared.

Your full name and address
Date of birth
Phone number
Date to move
Expected date to move out
An address where the flat keys will be posted to.

You can add me on whatsapp: +447931103946

Patricia "


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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