Room for Rent and other rental scams
#182738 by Con Warner Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:37 am
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 11:11
From: [email protected]
Subject: snorrabraut 31, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
To: Con Warner

Hello ,
I m Pouneh Ahari 21 Years,The apartment belongs to my late father and my mother have been managing and maintaining the apartment,but she is presently in united kingdom due to her work,am undergraduate student of University and apartment is very close to city center and its easy to public transportation and supermarket and store and its just about 2 mins walking to Subway public transportation bus stop just 19mins walk to university apartment is 72msq and room is 25msqft

The exact address is.........snorrabraut 31, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

The lease is --£320/Month/per room/ including the utilities,fridge-freezer,oven, washing machine, dryer, gas cooker,microwave, dishwasher, electricity bill, internet charges and others.

£600 for the security deposit which is refundable during the departure time

Thanks for the introduction of your self,you really sound great.... never mind i can reserve one bedrooms for you till your arrival date since there is a perfect procedure that we both have to undergo before you can proceed with the payment

However If you really have interest in renting the room just let me have this request below
-FULL NAME,
-YOUR EXACT ARRIVAL DATE,
-YOUR DEPARTURE DATE,
-YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS
-SCANNED COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT ID,

So that i can quickly instruct our family lawyer to prepare the tenant agreement form for you, to see the terms and condition of the contract and if you are okay with the terms and condition then you can proceed with the 1month rent and security deposit to my mother in United Kingdom to My Mother Bank accounts transfer so that the room can be reserve for you till your arrival date because there are alot of people that also have interest in renting the room,but my mother prefer the most serious person who pay her first..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,after which you will proceed with the payment ,i'll now send you the original copy through a registered courier to your address for you to sign and bring along with you when moving in. Have a nice day,Looking forward in hearing from you.
Best Regards
Pouneh Ahari.


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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