Room for Rent and other rental scams
#26194 by Michelle Mon Apr 12, 2010 4:43 am
Larry Stones < [email protected] >

Hello Michelle

My property is located at Sultan Rd,Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO2 7AT, United Kingdom,Its a 2 Bed Room and a Living Room,Kitchen and Bathrooms and Parking space Included.The cost of my Property is Security Deposit which would be refunded to you if nothing is damaged in my Property until you would be leaving which is 600 Pounds and the Rent is 500 pounds/Month and all bills is included Like the Utilities bills,water Bills,electricity Bills council tax bills E.t.c.I have
attached pictures of the Room and Living room for you.I hope you would get
back to be asap so that we can finalize this.

Best Regards,
Larry.


Larry Stones < [email protected] >

10/04/2010 12:52

To Michelle
cc

Subject Re: Property

Hello Michelle,

You have to prove that you can afford the rent before you can View my property.Viewing my Property is not a Problem but i will like you to do a thing. I guess you will understand this.. It's in the policy my Solicitors has told me and i wish to abide by it.. I won't get any money from you now. So you will do a thing to make me believe you really need the Property.I have been fooled several times and I had to travel a long journey with my Solicitors to meet people who wants to view my property and at the end of the day they tell me they want to stay in the property for a month before they would pay me. I don't want this to happen to me again so My Solicitors has advised me that I have to be sure that who so ever is renting my property should be capable of paying the cost of the rent.
You will go to the nearest MONEY GRAM around you,Send the money to your Friend ,send the sum of 1,100pounds Through the MONEY GRAM. The money will still be within you and your friend. I am not ready to get money from you as i have said. All I need to see is the MONEY GRAM transfer copy of receipt giving to you.Scan the MONEY GRAM receipt and send it as an attachment to my email just for me to view it and be sure you are ready to get the Property. after viewing the Property, and you really like it, You can go to the MONEY GRAM location agent or Any Posy office around here to get the 1,100 pounds back and we can reach an agreement on how you will move into the property. I will refund the MONEY GRAM charges back to you during the Viewing day. If you don't understand, Here is an examples of how to do it....

SENDERS NAME....................YOUR NAME

RECEIVER' NAME...................YOUR FRIEND NAME.

AMOUNT SENT.....................1100POUNDS.




and scan the copy of receipt to me in an email just for me to view it.and then i can pick you up and show you the Property.
Larry.




The thief will tell you that you can rent his accommodation only if you can prove that you have genuine interest. He will ask you send money by wire transfer (normally Western Union) to yourself or a member of the family to show that you have sufficient finances and that you are not a "time waster".

Another variation of this scam is that you need to send (by Western Union) money in order that the keys and other documents can be couriered to you

He will ask you to send him the transfer details.

Make no mistake ! Western Union Transfers can be picked up virtually anywhere in the world and with the minimum of identification. They are almost impossible to trace once the money has been collected. You will never get to see the accommodation or your money 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.

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