The Palace Reservation http://palacereservationhome.com/

[wedzy]

Hey guys...
Just got this email. Is listed as a scam on this site...
Found them on craigslist.
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Thank you very much for your inquiry.

For your travel dates we could offer you the following options:

Our HOLIDAY APARTMENT is $490/week.

We are available throughout that time. The cost per night is $70.00 a night,
so for 4 nights the total is $280.

This includes all utilities. There is a fully equipped kitchen. We
supply all linens, and there is parking space.
There is high speed wireless internet for your convenience. If you are
interested we take 40% and refundable $200 security deposit to confirm
your booking and the rest of the balance on your arrival.

Or you may pay in full at the time of the booking. The amount of 40%
would be $112 plus $200 security deposit making $312, we will secure
and reserve the apartment if you make this deposit .

We accept money transfer or bank transfer only.

Please let us know if you are interested and we can go from there.

You can view more pictures and information on our website at:
http://www.palacereservationhome.com

Thank you and have a great day.

[Michael]

Yes, they are part of a gang we've ran across alot lately. They're very effective, as it only takes 1-2 days from initial contact to payment. There are many sites of them we have already closed down, yet new ones keep reappearing. The site listed above will be down soon. In the meanwhile, stay away from the gang operating with the email adress [email protected] (or similar). Telephone number: +44 (0)703 598 2360

I can't stress enough that these guys are notorious scammers, and you should avoid doing business with them at all cost!

By the same gang:

Names:

The palace reservation (or a variation with the words "palace reservation city home rentals")
Kings Home Apartments
Fun City Homes
Dee Kings Holiday City
The Base Reservation
Awesomereservationpalace Rentals
Endowed Apartments

They change names constantly to avoid being tracked. If you think you are dealing with these scammers under a different name, please don't hesitate to post and ask!

email adresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

***http://www.rentalholidaylettings.com
***http://www.flatlettings.net
***http://www.holidyapartmentplace.com
***http://www.cityreservationhome.com
***http://www.thepalacereservationhome.com
***http://www.palacereservationhome.com
***http://www.citypalacereservation.com
***http://www.palacecityhome.com
***http://www.reservationpalacecity.com
***http://www.thepalacecity.com
***http://www.holidayapartmentrentals.net
***http://www.holidayapartment.page.tl
***http://www.thereservationpalacehome.com
***http://www.palacereservationhomecity.com
***http://www.thepalacecityhome.com
***http://www.therealpalacecity.com
***http://www.nexthomelettings.net
***http://www.palacecityreservationhome.com
***http://www.therealpalacecity.com
***http://www.kingshomeapartments.com
***http://www.funcityhomes.com
***http://www.realhousingapartment.page.tl
***http://www.holidayhomeapartments.com
***http://www.niceholidayflats.com
***http://www.homebasecity.com
***http://www.deekingsholidaycity.com
***http://www.basedhomerentals.com
***http://www.funcityreservationhomes.com
***http://www.delrixapartments.com
***http://www.winter-holiday-lettings.com
***http://www.peaceholidayinn.com
***http://www.awesomereservationpalace.com
***http://www.kingsholidayapartment.com
***http://www.funcitypalacehomes.webs.com
***http://www.endowedapartments.com
***http://www.therentalspalacehome.com
***http://www.rentalvacationreservationhome.com
***http://www.vacationholidaypalacehomecity.com


I might be forgetting a few. Anyways, the black starred ones are dead, red is alive (for now... )

Telephone numbers:

+447045744604
+44 70457 48130
+44 (0)704 571 4104
+4470457 28221
020-7060-0049
08715031699
+447045735200
+44 (0)703 598 2360
+44(0)702 408 3917
+44(0)702 402 0983

Adresses: (NOTE: These are not the actual adresses where they live, only the ones where they claim to be)

Head Office Address: 120 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3HP.
United State Office:1600 wickersham lane,Austin,TX 78717
Head Address : 55 Park Lane,London,W1K 1NA.
30 Bromley Rd. London, SE6 2TP
27 Canadian Ave, london, SE6 3AU

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Thanks for posting, wedzy

Following mails are:

Thank you very much for your inquiry.

For your travel dates we could offer you the following options:

Our HOLIDAY APARTMENT is $350/week.

We are available throughout that time. The cost per night is $50.00 a night, so for 1 week the total is $350.

This includes all utilities. There is a fully equipped kitchen. We
supply all linens, and there is parking space. There is high speed wireless internet for your convenience. If you are interested we take 40% and refundable $200 security deposit to confirm your booking and the rest of the balance on your arrival.

Or you may pay in full at the time of the booking. The amount of 40% would be $140 plus $200 security deposit making $340, we will secure and reserve the apartment if you make this deposit .

We accept money transfer or bank transfer only.

Please let us know if you are interested and we can go from there.

You can view more pictures and information on our website at:
http://www.palacereservationhome.com
Thank you and have a great day.

Thanks for your reply,the security deposit will be given back to you
in cash on your checking out day.since you are ready to make your
reservation now before anybody book your date,we are going to send you
a receipt and your booking confirmation slip immediately we confirm
your deposit.There is a receptionist in the apartment that will check
you in immediately you arrive.You are going to use your booking
confirmation number to identify yourself at the reception.So we will
advise you to make your deposit through western union now.Below are
the information that you will use to send the deposit of $340 at the
western union store around you.

Name: Harry Joe
Address: 90 Notting Hill Gate, London, W11 3HP
Head Office Receptionist Phone Number: +44 703 598 2360

Please send us the MTCN and the full name you use to send the deposit so that we can be able to confirm the deposit and send your booking confirmation number immediately.Please get back to us asap.Thanks for your co-operation and we will love to have you in our apartment.

[chiara25]

hi,
first time here and not for a good reason
I rented an apartment from this guy 2 weeks ago,the first days he was nice and answered all the e mails,then I did the money transfer and he sent me a confirmation number...after this I asked him more info but never got back from him..
Today I started to do reaserches about him and found this thread,I've never been a victim of a fraud before and I have no clue about what I can do now...
any suggestions guys?
so sad!
thanks
chiara

[OferR]

Hello! my name is Ofer and i am from Israel. they stole 300$ from me using another website:

this was the mail I got:

Thanks for your reply and sorry for the late response, since you are
ready to make your reservation now before anybody book your date,we
are going to send you a receipt and your booking confirmation slip
immediately we confirm your deposit with us.Below is our western union
information that you will use to send the deposit of $304

NAME: CLAUDINE MCBRIDE (mrs)
CITY: COLLEGEPARK
STATE: GEORGIA
COUNTRY: USA

Please send us the MTCN and the full name you use to send the deposit
so that we can be able to confirm the deposit, state, city and country
were you transfer the money and we will send your booking confirmation
number slip immediately.Please get back to us asap...........

Thanks for your co-operation and we will love to have you in we will

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I called the FTC today, and anyone who was scammed by them should do the same, it's easy to catch them as long as the police wants to. BTW they had a very nice website www.flatlettings.com I hope they will get caught, dont care about the money those BASTARDS.

[Michael]

Hello chiara25 and OferR, welcome to scamwarners. I wish we could have met under better circumstances, though . I'm very sorry to hear you have been scammed by these criminals.

@chiara: I'd advise you to go to your local police office and tell tham about what happened. They can build a case against them and gather evidence.

I'm afraid that both your money cannot be retrieved. Unlike what Western Union sometimes claims, it is possible to pick up money anywhere in the world when provided the MTCN and sender's name. Most of the times all it takes is to bribe a WU clerk and they can happily pick up the money in Africa, even though you sent it to the US. It's also far from easy to find the scammers, as many are operating from internet cafes with fake names and disposable cell phones. Making an arrest is virtually impossible.

This doesn't mean that it shouldn't be reported to the authorities! As long as they think it's not that big of a problem they won't take action at all to increase the catch rate.

I want you both to be careful in the future for the recovery scam. It's possible that you'll receive a mail claiming that your scammers have been caught and that you can get your money back. However, first some documents will have to be filled out, and some fees will have to be paid. Obviously this is only a scheme to steal more money. The chances of you actually getting your money back are practically zero, I'm afraid.

[OferR]

Thanks for your reply. i've talkrd today to all sorts of law offices in the US and i now realize i will never see my money back. BUT what makes me sad the most is to see those bastards keep on working and posting new offers on Craiglist. the new one shows an exact website as it was before with new address - http://www.holidayapartmentrentals.net/index.html
BE aware of it !!!! I am so mad!!! Chiara, please update me what is new with you

In the end it's just money - i'd rather see it goes to charity and not to those thiefs.

Best of luck, i hope that by adding this website i saved someone's money. it's too bad Craiglist don't do anything about this guys!!!

[Michael]

By adding this website you have just set the gears in motion to bring the site down. I'll set my minions to work to get it closed down as soon as possible. Great work!

[OferR]

Thanks Michael! i wish i had known about this site before!

I just don't understand why good ppl like you need to do it and not the guys from Craiglist who give the platform and the opportunity to scam others.

[chiara25]

thanks guys for all the reply!
yesterday morning I went to the postal police(the department for web fraud) here in Italy and other than take my infos they didn't do anything.
I know I won't have the money back,I don't care,but I really really want this people to stop..
the policeman told me that they won't do a lot cause it happened abroad and they don't have the possibility to investigate more;doing this they'll just let this people keep doing all this stuff.

by the way 3/4 days ago I used my friend's mail to write them to see if they would have replied(considering that they weren't getting back to me and I hadn't discovered I'd been fraud yet)and I wrote to the palacereservatiohome address,well,today he did reply from the new mail address

[email protected]

(I did reply telling him what I really think...hihiihih)
I really hope they won't be able to steal money from anybody else cause it's getting me mad,but not for the money,we all could have used or given it for way better reason!

I'll keep you updated if I have news..pls do the same!we have to beat them down!

[Lizzy]

Dear all
I'm new here and really lucky I foud this post BEFORE making a deposit.
I found this very cheap appartment on craigslist NYC and as we planed to stay alomost a month, the deposit would have been 700$!!! Normally I'm not so carefull at all, but this time for some reason I got suspicious. So I looked up for a review on a common traveler website and: nothing. Only when I googled the e-mail address, I got a link to your website and saw this warning. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
The internet address where they have posted all the appartments was:

http://www.thepalacecity.com

Thank you again! Hope they'll catch them...

[Michael]

holidayapartmentrentals.net and thepalacecity.com have been shut down aswell.

[Sandvold]

www.homebasecity.com
http://thereservationpalacehome.com/

Two new adresses they operate from.

I almost fell for the scam, but sent my GF whom are living in DC over to check

[Sandvold]

two more:
http://www.niceholidayflats.com/id35.html
https://www.citybaseapartments.com/

[Sandvold]

and another one:
http://www.holidayhomeapartments.com/id15.html

[Michael]

citybaseapartments.com looks legitimate at first sight. I'll look a little deeper, but I don't think they are scammers. Why do you think they are?

The other 4 are indeed fake. They will be closed down soon. Thanks very much for the notification!