Room For Rent Scammer - Lora William

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From:
"lora william" <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the interest you have in my flat. My flat is still available for rent and you can rent my flat as long as you pay your rent at when due. Here are the necessary things you need to know about the rent and deposit.

Rent : £95.00 pw
Security Deposit: £600.00 (Returnable at the end of a week stay in my flat)
Utility bills inclusive ( water, gas, council tax, TV license and wireless Internet) Utility Cost : £ 0.00 pcm

However, my flat is fully furnished in and out with all necessary house use. At this stage that you want to rent my flat, i need to know some few question about you. Can you take care of my flat as it is? How many months do you intend to rent and pay for? Do you have references in York?and where are you relocating from?

Kindly reply for further information and i would like to know where you are coming from to stay in my flat.

Regards
Mr William

Please note that the email is from "Lora William" (which indicates a female name) and is signed off by "Mr. William".

This person asks for proof that you are able to pay the deposit and rent due to a string time wasters.
This proof is in the form of a Western Union payment to a friend or family member.

Another angle that is used, is to ask for payment via Western Union and they will send the keys through a courier company.

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.

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

Follow up email reads:

Thanks for the swift reply and the sincere interest you have in my flat. I am willing to have you in my flat as long as you'll take good care of my flat as how it is but it is unfortunate that my past bitter experience of inviting people to come and view or reserve my flat without any form of confirmation of their financial ability and not keeping up to time as at when scheduled, has brought about great loss to me. I have traveled all the way from Ireland to take some interested candidates round my flat because that's where i work with M. Gould (Scunthorpe) Ltd.

Some outside tenants do not have the money to pay the rent and yet they disturb the the landlord to arrange a viewing with their friend or relative who are in UK, also some do not meet up with the appointments which has led to the dismissal of some landlords in office by their employers.Therefore,the viewing or give out the flat to you is not a problem when all the requirement have been meet,my legal adviser have to conduct a sample test on your financial ability to pay for rent as at when due.

Looking to forward to you soon.

Regards.

ive had this same problem it looked fantastic and would have completed it but she would not give me the exact adress of where the property was so i was gettin worried and tried to look up where she said she works and found this.

below is a section of our conversation:



> > okay i will have to that on friday then if thats ok as i cant make it to
> a bank before then. any idea which banks do it in the city centre?
> >
> > Thanks for your response and sincere interest you have in my flat.I
> > would have ask for your bank statement,but some candidate misused the
> > opportunity.Therefore,the ideal of financial ability is not only my
> > ideal,its a protocol from my lawyer.I will be glad if can you make the
> > transfer to someone closed to you as a reciever and your name as a
> > sender.Then afterthat,you scan a copy to for me to forward it to my
> > lawyer.
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mrs William
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:27:37 +0000
> >> From:
> >> To: [email protected]
> >> Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Luxury spacious 1double bed flat
> >> withattractive furnishings London Road, Heading ton, Oxford, Oxford
> >>
my parents would
> >> also be willing to sign something for you stating if there was ever a
> >> financial issue they would take full responsibility. although i dont
> >> need their assistance it might provide you with some reassurance. i will
> >> look into doing a western union transfer but that wont be untill friday
> >> as i have uni and my partener is working 12+ hours a day until then.
> >> Many Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >> > For the process on how to make transfer payment through Western
> >> > Union Transfer are: 1.Locate the nearest Western union outlet around
> >> > you.
> >> > 2.Pick up the form of transfer and fill in the details which needs to
> >> be
> >> > filled and return back to the post master.Details needed on the form
> >> are
> >> > {sender name; YOUR NAME and ADDRESS.}{receiver: YOUR PARTNER'S NAME
> >> and
> >> > AN ADDRESS IN Oxford}
> >> > 3. Return back to the post master with the cash you are transferring
> >> and
> >> > wait for the receipt to be returned back to you.
> >> > 4. Scan the receipt to me so that i can forward it to my lawyer to
> >> check
> >> > it if its truly genuine and available in your custody.
> >> > 5. After it has been confirmed valid, then we can proceed for the
> >> viewing
> >> > on and you can easily pick up the money at any western union outlet
> >> where
> >> > ever you are.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Kindly let me know when the transfer would be done this week so that i
> >> > can get my lawyer informed.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Regards
> >> > Mrs William.
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:12:22 +0000
> >> >> Subject: RE: Reply to your ad: Luxury spacious 1double bed flat with
> >> >> attractive furnishings London Road, Heading ton, Oxford, Oxford
> >> >> From:
> >> >> To: [email protected]
> >> >>
> >> >> thank you for the reply, me and my partner have decided that this is
> >> an
> >> >> ideal place for us, i will use my mother as the receiver but i will
> >> have
> >> >> to discuss with her on how to do this as i am slightly unfamiliar
> >> with
> >> >> completing a western union money transfer. i will not be concerned
> >> about
> >> >> the cost of the transfer if this works out because me and my partner
> >> >> really want to rent your property.
> >> >> though is it possible to have the full address so i can take a walk
> >> >> around
> >> >> heddington in the next few days.
> >> >>