Room for Rent and other rental scams
#180638 by Con Warner Sat Nov 09, 2013 7:27 am
From: "Patrick Osborne" <[email protected]>
To: Con Warner
Subject: Re: $600, 1br, Affordable Eglinton Avenue Furnished Apartment

Hello

Thanks for your response regarding your interest in having my apartment for rent.It is in a conduscive atmosphere that is close to everything.The apartment is much available for now but what happened is that I am now presently in West Africa for my Hospitals Project prayer crusade for 2 years with my wife and we have the keys right here with us.I will like to inform you that it was due to my transfer that makes us to leave the apartment 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 will have to take it as if it were his/her own..So for now,We are here in West Africa, our new home and also with the keys of the apartment,we were trying to look for an agent that we could give this document before we left but could not see and we are as well as don’t want our apartment to be used any
how in our absent that is why we took it along with us here..We are only willing to give the apartment out to a lovely and caring person only, so if you know you cannot give the apartment the neatness it deserves please don’t contact me.But if you promise to always take good care of the apartment,get back to me on how you could take care of our apartment or perhaps experience you have in renting a home. I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP,My cell phone number is +234-802-956-9995.

Below is the application form for you to fill and discuss on how to get the apartment for rent and also to know if you are qualify,Kindly confirm your interest by filling the form below:

TENANT RENT APPLICATION
FIRST NAME: __________________
MIDDLE NAME: __________________
LAST NAME: __________________
PROFESSION: ________________
DATE OF BIRTH___________________
PHONE (____) __________ (CELL)
PHONE (____) __________ (WORK)
PHONE (____) __________ (HOME)
MARITAL STATUS: _________
KIDS _____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY ________
Home ADDRESS: ___________________________
CITY: _______________
STATE: ______________
POSTAL CODE: ____________
HOW LONG? ___________IF RENTING
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING? _______________________________________________________________________
CURRENT RENT: _______
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LEAVING IN THE APARTMENT
IF THIS APARTMENT IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU,
HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND STAYING? ____________
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN? ______________
HOW MANY MONTHS WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO PAY AS UPFRONT? ______________


Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you.Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you,please we are giving you all this base on trust and again i will want you to stick to your words,you know that,we do not see yet and only putting everything into God's hand,so please do not let us down in this our property and God bless you more as you do this.

Regards…


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.

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#181849 by Con Warner Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:22 pm
Hello,

I have attached other pictures of the apartment to this email,Thanks very much for all your time and we appreciate all your promise to take good care of our apartment,also thank you so much for the information you provided,me and my wife deliberated on your profile and we are so pleased with it.

My instincts tells me that you are the right tenant.Everything is okay and we are pleased with it.I can see your willingness in this rent, So as I shall be giving you the apartment, please again take care of the apartment so that I might be glad when I come back, As I have earlier told you,the money involved is not the problem,but I only need my apartment to be kept clean always until I will be back,so the monthly rent is $600 including the utilities inside, it all depends on the period you wish to stay in my apartment,I would not want you to get worried okay.you only have to tell me the numbers of months in which you can be able to pay as upfront/deposit e.g 1 month:$600,2 months:$1,200 etc,but I will like you to make first month rent for now because the money will be used to send you the necessary documents and the key of the apartment through the address you provided for me at (Redacted) And as a man of his word I always
have this human feelings so I will not do anything to stress or be difficult to my fellow human and that is why am doing all this..As you can see through the pictures,the apartment is beautifully furnished and later if you have checked inside of the apartment and you have pack in then you can make the remaining payment at the end of each month,also i would like to send the following documents to you via UPS or DHL courier service and it will be home delivery,

(1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
(2)Paper/Permanent house form(Containing your reference details)
(3)Payment Receipt.
(4)Full address and description of the house.

These will be sent to you in the address you have provided to me in the application form and the tracking number will be sent to you so that you can possibly occupy the apartment immediately.Once again,I am giving you this based on trust and do not disappoint me and I promise you that you will love the apartment..So me and my family are really happy to find a good person to occupy the home and I still want you to promise that you will not disappoint us..

About the payment, you are making this payment to my Personal Assistant (PA) via Western Union Money Transfer,you can look for any walmart store near your home to make the payment via western union and there is western union outlet beside my office,And am going to ship this to you through UPS or DHL COURIER SERVICE , so immediately the payment has been confirmed the packages will be delivered to you, because am going to ship this to you in an express way.

This is the information that you will need to make the payment via western union money Transfer (Walmart Store)

Receiver's Name.................. YEMI DANIEL

Receiver's address............47 TANIMOWO CLOSE
City:..........................................ABULE EGBA
State:.......................................LAGOS
Country..................................NIGERIA
Zip code.................................23401


and after sending the money I will be needing the following information from you:

Senders full name
Senders full address
The amount sent
The MTCN NUMBER and that is the control number which is 10 digits number, the text question and answer..so if they ask you about this just tell them that:

Question.. GOD BLESS YOU
Answer.....AMEN


So I really appreciate your effort on my apartment, and am assuring you that immediately you see the apartment you will really love it,

Thanks and God bless you
Hope to hear from you back

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