Rental Scammer - [email protected]

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From: Emily Emily <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Sent: Friday, 2 August 2013, 11:11
Subject: Room available

Hello,

Am Emily ,am 21 years old, My father owns the flat but he`s now late ,i live alone in the flat, Am a professional, I have been pretty busy , am from Ireland and i moved here 2years ago after the death of my father to oversee my late fathers property.

The flat has 3 rooms ,One is for me and the other Two is available for rent.

The room has the following amenities:

The room has a very big bed that can sleep two people with
Television connected to cable
Small refrigerator apart from a big freezer in the kitchen
Private bathroom with toilet drawer
Reading desk
Wall cupboard
Internet connection

The Apartment has the following Amenities:

Washing Machine
Heater
Dish washer
Storage
A big living room fully furnished with a television connected to cable
Internet facility .

The transport facilities is quite okay in the area, the flat is very close to train station and public transport.

The rent per month is 400 Euros and a security deposit of 600 Euros,The security is refundable, at the end of your stay in my flat, the security deposit will be refund back to you, The rent include all bills and bills are for Water , Electricity , tenement rate ,phone ,heater,Internet connection.

I will send to you some pictures of the room and the rental agreement form to see what next to do, hope you understand me? Thanks once again for the interest in my room while waiting to read from you.

I will like to know about you.

I will like to have your skype id so that we can have a chat if you don't mind .

Best Regards,
Emily.

This person asks for a deposit payment via Western Union, MoneyGram 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.

Hi guys! I recently exchanged 2 e-mails with a person claiming to have a room to rent in Brussels. The content of the e-mails sounded similar to what I found on this website so I decided to post it:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Emily Emily < [email protected] >
To:
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 1:46 PM
Subject: Room available
Hello,
Am Emily ,am 21 years old, My father owns the flat but he`s now late ,i live alone in the flat, Am a professional, I have been pretty busy , am from Ireland and i moved here 2years ago after the death of my father to oversee my late fathers property.
The flat has 3 rooms ,One is for me and the other Two is available for rent.
The room has the following amenities:
The room has a very big bed that can sleep two people with
Television connected to cable
Small refrigerator apart from a big freezer in the kitchen
Private bathroom with toilet drawer
Reading desk
Wall cupboard
Internet connection
The Apartment has the following Amenities:
Washing Machine
Heater
Dish washer
Storage
A big living room fully furnished with a television connected to cable
Internet facility .
The transport facilities is quite okay in the area, the flat is very close to train station and public transport.
The rent per month is 400 Euros and a security deposit of 600 Euros,The security is refundable, at the end of your stay in my flat, the security deposit will be refund back to you, The rent include all bills and bills are for Water , Electricity , tenement rate ,phone ,heater,Internet connection.
I will send to you some pictures of the room and the rental agreement form to see what next to do, hope you understand me? Thanks once again for the interest in my room while waiting to read from you.
I will like to know about you.
I will like to have your skype id so that we can have a chat if you don't mind .
Best Regards,
Emily.

From: Emily Emily <[email protected]>
To:
Sent: Friday, August 2, 2013 10:59 PM
Subject: See the attached pictures
Hello,
I've attached a photo of my friend Roxy and I, myself my sister and my boss, and myself and my brother. and the pictures of the room.
The rent include all bills.
For example: if you move in on the 27th that mean that you will have to be paying the rent on the 27th of each month.

The flat has 3 rooms, one is for me and the other 2 rooms is available for rent.
The rent per month is 400 euros and a security deposit 600 euros ,which is refundable,At the end of your stay in the room ,600 euros Will be refund to you ,is for a security deposit, and it has to be refund,the purpose of this money,is in case of damages and if you did not damage any thing in the room,you money will be refund in full to you at the end of your stay in the room

The flat is located in Rue Philippe Le Bon 25, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.

Just a five-minute walk from the flat is the Central Railway Station, with its direct access to the Thalys and Eurostar terminals.

PROCEDURE:


1.You need to read and sign the agreement form that will guarantee you that the room has been reserve for you.


2.The deposit and the first month rent has to be paid to my mother via transfer. ,this will show us that you're really interested in the room.


3.I'll need Your name and your move in and out date to prepare the Agreement/contract.

4 a scanned copy of your ID or Passport.

Let me know if this is okay by you cause i have been deceived by un-seriuos people on this room,that is why my mother advised me to request for the deposit and first month rent before concluding agreement with anybody.its written in the agreement form that your money(deposit) will be returned to you after your stay in the house.

The signed agreement form will be send to you first through attached mail(with the scanned page of my international passport). for you to read and understand.

Regards,
Emily.

Added quotations and merged. (BW)

This scammer is also using the Skype ID "emilyemily_lo"