Room for rent scammer - Kenneth Cool ([email protected])

Hello,

Thanks for the mail and it is my gladness hearing from you. I am
the owner of the apartment you are making inquiry of.Actually i am
presently packed due to my transfer from my working place, as a
English Teacher , and now situated in (West Africa,Nigeria) and
presently my apartment is still available for rent.Including the
utilities like hydro, washer and security, it is furnished but if you
which to move in with your furnishes no problem.

All i want is 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 we want it to be clean at all the time and the
person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own. Pet is
allow Now my house is still available for rent for 350pounds including
public services such as air condition, gas furnace, washer and
electric and 200pounds for security deposit.

Apartment Address : 125 Ashley Road BS6 5NU Bristol

So if you are still interested I want you to get back to me answer to
the question in the rental application form

Name:...................................................
Present Address:.................................
Phone #:................... Cell & Home .......
How Long?:......................................
Previous Address:________ How Long?________
Married?:__________ Spouse's Name: ________
Children?:_________ How Many?:________ children Ages?:__________________
Pets?:_________ What kind?:__________________ How Many pets?_______

You are free to go and have a look at the surrounding and feel the
environment,but do not tress-pass as the keys and Documents are with
us here and will be sent to you through DHL on receipt of your first
rent Deposit no matter the number of Months you paid for will fill the
form so that we can proceed about the rent and sending you the
document and keys to the house.

Hope to read back from you soon ...

Afollow up reply goes like this:

Hi,

Thanks for your kind response, I understand the fact that you want
to view the flat first but.Like i told you earlier on that am
currently in Nigeria so its going to be a little bit hard for you to
view the inner part of the flat as am having them with me here,I would
have love to ship out the keys to you so that you can go and take a
view at free charge yourself but am sorry i won't because the last
tenant i sent out my keys to stole lots of my property worth
1800pounds and infact i sent it to a very trustworthy friend of mine
but he betrayed me and conilled together with the tenant and they both
stole my properties so since then i don't like sending out keys except
if tenant would be able to make a refundable deposit of 100pounds, as
soon as the deposit is been confirmed the keys would be sent out to
you and if you don't like what you see inside the flat YOUR MONEY
WOULD BE SENT BACK TO YOU INSTANTLY UNDER 10 MINUTES. So let me know
what you think so that we may proceed further on this.

Awaiting your reply soon.

Thank and God bless .

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.