www.holiday-apartment-rentals.com

[Mike Wilson]

www.holiday-apartment-rentals.com



Rental scam

Address: 415 E 37th St, New York NY 10016
53-55 Balham Hill, London, SW12 9DR

Contact Number: +1 646-355-2630


Email: [email protected] << looks dead
[email protected]
[email protected]

The website is in the process of being reported for fraud

[haito]

Hi,

can you please confirm that the site is a scam? I have paid 1,850 GBP for the first month rental plus security deposit by bank transfer two weeks ago. Also received an invoice, but haven't heard from the agen (Michael Roy) since last week. Also called the phone numbers that appear on the rental agreement but nobody would pick up.

Should I assume I have been scammed? What can I do now? I am not based in the UK yet. Thank you for advising.

[Mike Wilson]

Hello haito,
Welcome to Scamwarners and sorry to hear that you were caught by these scammers. This is a confirmed scam where the scammers copied the property descriptions from legitimate rental sites and then claimed to be able to rent them for a fraction of the current market value.

Please post the email showing the request for payment to be sent to a bank account as this information will help others avoid this scammer.

Be sure to remove your personal information before posting.

If you have addition questions about this scam please ask.

[mally]

Hi,

I was about to book an apartment in Boston with these people and then found your posting, and wanted to confirm this company is really a scam. If so--- how do you know? What can I look out for in other websites to not fall for this problem in the future? Thank you for this website and informing people of scammers like these!

I received this email from someone called Michael Roy at holiday-apartment-rentals.com:

"Hi,

We have a bedroom is South End for $2150 per month and another 1 bedroom in Back Bay for $2050 per month

Please find their links below

http://holiday-apartment-rental.com/uni ... h-End.html
http://holiday-apartment-rental.com/uni ... k-Bay.html

Kindly revert with your choice

Best Regards,

Michael Roy
Booking Manager

HOLIDAY APARTMENT RENTALS
415 E 37th St, New York NY 10016 | 53-55 Balham Hill, London, SW12 9DR | T: +1 646 455 2630 (US) +44 20 3287 9633 (UK) | F: +1 646 607 9537 | W: holiday-apartment-rental.com | E: [email protected], [email protected]

[Mike Wilson]

Hello mally,
Welcome to Scamwarners and thank you for posting the information on this fake web site.

The scammers copy the text from legitimate rental and or real estate listings and then offer to rent these properties for a fraction of the true market value.

The ad on this page
http://holiday-apartment-rental.com/uni ... h-End.html
was copied from

http://www.newenglandmoves.com/property ... 02118.aspx


The website is in the process of being reported for fraud.

[creature]

Hi folks,

I'm one of those who got scammed by this mother fucker who calls himself Michael Roy of holiday-apartment-rental(s).com

I've contacted the FBI because an online scam is a federal crime. In the meantime, I'm following a lead based on the bank account details he's given me to wire the money into but I need more information from other folks who got scammed by this moron so I could either get the FBI to do their job and/or find him myself and seek justice the old fashion way!

Please, if anyone out there is reading this post, send me a private message with as much information as you can share or post it out here on the forum but be aware that he can be reading this as well and we don't want to scare him off. I believe together we can find him! I'm willing to invest into it all my spare time no matter the cost!

[yve]

I also have been in contact with a man named Michael Roy from holiday-apartment-rentals.com

I was looking into renting a one bedroom flat in London for three weeks and I came across that website, at first I thought everything was legitimate and today the website wasn't working anymore. I called the numbers he provided me and both were off, one actually attached to some unclear voice message.

Just this feeling creeped up on me something wasn't right, I typed in the name and his name and lucky me this page showed up. I was for sure lucky as I didn't wire any money to the account and I just wrote him back that I wasn't interested anymore.

People like him make human kind look like you can't trust anyone and I really don't like when anyone takes advantage.


Please be careful.

Here some of the emails he send me....

I don't even like that he's got my phone number, email, name and address. Very creepy.

Yvonne

Hi,

Attached is the booking invoice and below are the details, please get back to me with proof of payment. As soon as payment confirmation is received, booking receipt will be sent to you

Bank Name: Barclays Bank Plc
Bank Address: 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
Account Holder's Name: Safali Sali
Account Holder's Address: 34 Clarges Street, London W1J 7EH
Account Number: 53877698
Sort Code: 20 53 30
Swift Code / BIC: BARCGB22
IBAN: GB31 BARC 2053 3053 8776 98


NOTE: Once invoice is issued, payment confirmation must be received within 24 hours to avoid losing your dates to someone else

As regard the keys, we operate a 24-hour front desk service at the building so keys will be available for pick up at the building on arrival

Best Regards,

Michael Roy
Booking Manager

HOLIDAY APARTMENT RENTALS
151 E 58th St New York, NY 10022 | 5-17 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 OLG UK | T: +1 646 455 2630 (US) +44 20 3289 4542 (UK) | F: +1 646 607 9537 | W: holiday-apartment-rental.com | E: [email protected], [email protected]

Bank Account Reported - Michelle

[Mike Wilson]

Welcome to Scamwarners yve

I am very happy to hear that you did not lose any money to these criminals. Thank you for posting the email as this will help others that may be searching for information on this fake rental scam.

[PJB]

It looks like this asshole is using a different URL now.

vacation-apartment-rental.com

I've posted a message below from him using same addresses, phone numbers, and name (Michael Roy booking manager). I didn't like the bank transfer only option for payment, and that's when I went looking online about these guys and found this site. Thank you, Community. You helped us dodge this one. He got my time but not my money. Be careful out there.

Vacation A Rental
6:22 PM (16 hours ago)

to me
Thanks for your response

The flat is still available for the specified dates so please find the quotation below

Rate per night: €67
Rate per week: €410
You requested for 2 weeks and 2 nights: €954
Security deposit: €200
Total: €1154

In order to proceed, payment is required as soon as possible to avoid losing the flat to someone else. According to our terms and conditions, payment is through bank transfer and it has to be paid directly into landlord's account based on the agreement we had so kindly get back to me for rental agreement, booking invoice and landlord bank details

PLEASE NOTE: Before sending the invoice and the landlord's bank details, I will like to let you know that payment must be made within 24 ours from the time the invoice is issued because we shall secure your dates once the invoice is issued but we can only hold the flat without payment for a maximum of 24 hours. So please get back to me if you are satisfied

Best Regards,

Michael Roy
Booking Manager

VACATION APARTMENT RENTAL
151 E 58th St New York, NY 10022 | 5-17 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 OLG UK | T: +1 646 455 2630 (US) +44 20 3289 4542 (UK) | F: +1 646 607 9537 | W: vacation-apartment-rental.com | E: reservation@@vacation-apartment-rental.com, [email protected]

[PJB]

Same as before:

Hi,

Attached is the booking invoice and below are the bank details, please get back to me with proof of payment. As soon as payment confirmation is received, booking receipt will be sent to you

Bank Name: Barclays Bank Plc
Bank Address: 1 Churchill Pl London E14 5HP
Account Holder's Name: Kumar Dayal Master
Account Holder's Address: 19 Queen Caroline St, London W6 9BT
Account Number: 03390071
Sort Code: 20 29 41
Swift Code / BIC: BARCGB22
IBAN: GB63 BARC 2029 4103 3900 71


NOTE: Once invoice is issued, payment confirmation must be received within 24 hours to avoid losing your dates to someone else


Best Regards,

Michael Roy
Booking Manager

VACATION APARTMENT RENTAL
151 E 58th St New York, NY 10022 | 5-17 Hammersmith Grove, London, W6 OLG UK | T: +1 646 455 2630 (US) +44 20 3289 4542 (UK) | F: +1 646 607 9537 | W: vacation-apartment-rental.com | E: reservation@@vacation-apartment-rental.com, [email protected]

[Michelle]

The Bank account and Website are in the process of being reported for fraud -- Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

[seanmdevine]

I just spoke to this guy Michael on the phone about an ad for a Boston sublet. I could barely understand him and the bad feeling started to creep up inside. He could not even tell me the address of the property in Boston. Sure enough a simple search brought me here. He just called me back and I told him to go away.

Mod edit: Removed explitive - CW

[shawn7]

Thank god I came over this website - I was about too book an apartment for 3 weeks in london but given the area and the price it was too good to be true!

pfew!

[najoubert]

In the past two days I have almost been scammed by this company twice. The new "names" they are using are:
"Dominion Home Reservation" "Holiday Apartment Rentals" and "Top Apartment Vacations" At the bottom of the Agreement it says "Leonard Rodrigo" is the owner.

I saw their ad on craigslist and replied to it. I then went to their website and then called the number. It was a google number. (1st warning sign). I then began an email dialogue with them in which I asked if I could speak with someone. I called again, some picked up this time and the voice was Nigerian (2nd warning sign). Since the original ad had an address I looked up the property and realized the rate they were charging was way under the amount for the apartment and they would be losing money by renting it to anyone. (3rd warning sign) The next time we spoke I voiced my concerns, told him I needed assurance because taking my money would leave me essentially homeless. I received this text from him: "You can never be homeless, call me on my direct number at 646 627 9740 at anytime. Thanks" I told him I had to think about it. He then sent the banking information. I told him I had to think about it. I called the actual building and they said the apartment was for rent but no other company sublets for them (4th Warning). When the scammer called me again to see if I was ready I asked him about this and he said they had two apartments in the building and rented them out. None of that made sense to me and even though I really wanted this incredible price for this location I realized it was a scam. The next time he called I told him and he hung up in my face.

Today I had a similar email conversation with another "lanlord" with great prices and unfortunately the conversation started to feel all too familiar and I realized it was the same company. However I did continue the conversation so I could get the banking information to forward to the police.

CONVERSATION 1

Dominion Home Reservation
Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to me
Thanks for your reply. Our one bedroom is $350 a week and $50 a night. So for your 2 months stay the total is $2800.

This includes all utilities. - Air Condition, Microwave, Washer, Oven, DVD, Sound systems, Dryer, LCD Tv, Cable TV and Wireless Internet
- All our apartment fully furnish and has fully equipped kitchen
- We supply all linens,cleaning, and there is parking space which is free of charge.
- High speed wireless internet for your convenience.
- cat,dog, Are allowed and it pet friendly .

We take 40% and refundable $300 security deposit to confirm your booking and the rest of the balance on your arrival. The amount of 40% would be $1120 plus $300 security deposit making $1420.when we receive the 40% deposit and the security deposit we will mark the date's of the availability calendar and confirm your booking.

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


Thank you and have a great day.


Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to Dominion
Thank you for your prompt reply. I am definitely very interested. I would like to book one month initially if that works for you. I will know midway through February if I need March.


Dominion Home Reservation
Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to me
Okay,since you are booking the apartment for a month now,the rate will be $1400.The amount of 40% would be $560 plus $300 security deposit making $860.when we receive the 40% deposit and the security deposit we will mark the date's of the availability calendar and confirm your booking.



Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to Dominion
How is this done?


Dominion Home Reservation
Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to me
You have to make the deposit now,so that we can confirm your reservation and send your booking confirmation number and your receipt that you will use to check in to the apartment when you arrive.Thanks.


Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:26:27 -0800



Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to Dominion
My apologies for my awkward wording. I'm trying to find out how you accept payments. Will I be able to speak with someone and is there any type of guarantee?


Dominion Home Reservation
Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to me
Call us on 617-701-7645 Thanks.


Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 14:43:24 -0800


Dominion Home Reservation
Jan 29 (2 days ago)

to me
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.Below is our bank details that you will use to transfer the deposit of $860.

Name:Hilario rodriguesz Alcantarar
Bank Account :3441793112
Routing: 271972572
Bank : Tcf Bank
Bank Address: 1401W.jefferson st.joliet, iL.60435


Please send us the bank transfer slip immediately you send the deposit,so that we can have it on our file.Please get back to us asap.Thanks and we really love to have you in our apartment.

CONVERSATION 2

6:40 PM (18 hours ago)

to 4gpmn-43119553.
Hello I am VERY interested in rental you have available in Santa Monica for the month of February. I would prefer the 1 bedroom but will take either one you have available. Please let me know if it is still available.

Best,





craigslist 4311955391
7:57 AM (5 hours ago)

to 419f949405203f.
Thank you very much for your inquiry.

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


Our APARTMENT is $300./week and a month is $1100.One Bedroom

We are available throughout that time. The cost per day is $45.00,

So for a month the total is $1100.

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 $440 plus $200 security deposit making $640, we can confirm
your booking if you make the deposit now or the full payment before
arrival.

We accept money transfer or bank transfer only.

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


Thank you and have a great day.


9:17 AM (3 hours ago)

to craigslist
Thanks for getting back to me as I am still very interested in this rental. I have two questions. Is the 2 bedroom still available and can I please come by and see it today? At that time I would be ready to confirm the booking. Thank you again.



craigslist 4311955391
11:39 AM (1 hour ago)

to 419f949405203f.
The two bedrooms is no longer available.

Thanks.


11:49 AM (1 hour ago)

to craigslist
No problem. I still want the bedroom. How dovwe move forward?



craigslist 4311955391
11:59 AM (1 hour ago)

to 419f949405203f.
Hi,
Since you are ready to secure your date before someone else book it.
Here is our booking form for you to fill and send it back to us or
write it out via email so that we can send you our booking contract
agreement document.


When you make your deposit to secure your reservation we will send you
your booking confirmation slip which will include your name address
the apartment you book the total night or weeks you want to spend and
the booking confirmation number that you will use to present your self
when you get to that apartment we will also send you your invoice for
the complete break down of payment and our contract agreement
document....


If you are interested and ready to make your deposit and secure your
reservation so that someone else will not book your date get back to
us so that we can send you our payment details for you to make your
deposit and secure the apartment for the date you have chosen,after
you make your deposit we will send you your booking confirmation
number that you will use to check in when you get to the apartment at
the reception...

Love to see you in our apartment.

Thanks for your patronage.
> http://craigslist.org/mf/ff2efea4497537 ... f7c81eab.1
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12:11 PM (54 minutes ago)

to craigslist
How do i submit payment?


craigslist 4311955391
12:18 PM (46 minutes ago)

to 419f949405203f.
By bank transfer.



12:21 PM (43 minutes ago)

to craigslist
I'm asking you to give me the information so I can make the payment.


craigslist 4311955391
12:30 PM (34 minutes ago)

to 419f949405203f.
Hi,

The bank details are below for you to make your payment.

Name:Hilario Rodriguesz Alcantarar
bank Account :3441793112
Routing: 271972572
Bank Name :Tcf bank
Bank address: 1401W.jefferson st.joliet, iL.60435

Get back to us with the payment receipt, so that we can be able to
confirm the payment and send your booking confirmation number
immediately,You are going to use the booking confirmation number to
present yourself when you get to the apartment and pick up the keys.

Please get back to us asap.Thanks for your co-operation and we will
love to have you in our apartment.

[Mike Wilson]

Hello najoubert and welcome to Scamwarners.
I am happy that you discovered the scam before you lost money to these criminals.
Please post the links to the websites and we will refer them to our site killing team and see if we can get them taken down.

Head Office Address: 1013 Manhattan Blvd, Harvey, LA 70058
Phone Number:+1 617-701-7645
Contact Email Address: [email protected]
Also used email Stacy Maker [email protected]

The emails originate in Nigeria, Africa.

The website http://www.dominionhomereservation.com is in the process of being reported for fraud.