I was a buy to let landlord advertising my houes over the Internet, and I had the same scam attempted with me. She Loretta or Iami was pregnant and her husband had just died.
She had to move to the UK for the sake of the pregnancy. Other than that, identical story. These people are the lowest of the low. Hope they get caught. This is a copy of the mail:. Hey Paul Nice one, I got one going on right now too, and will post that to my blog! It's blimmin hilarious isn't it! My one involves God, Missionaries, the chruch writing me a cheque, wanting food with the price I have one that just started today. Wanting to rent my place for a year. Within a few days I received several email inquiries all consistent with the rental scam.
One of the scammers even had the audacity to contact me via Yahoo Messenger. What tipped me off is that all the scammers had similar details to their stories: All were graduate students from the UK coming to pursue studies in the US, all had a "banker" or "financier," all asked for information that was already available in the listing they referenced, and I am going on sabatical leave so i will be relocating to your area with my family in a few weeks time i would want to pay for the rent of the familyhouse you advertised on offcampusnetwork.
S bank will be acceptable by you for payment. Regards, Bernard Roy. Pls do contact me via email at: nobleconsult yahoo. S, and wants to rent a house, please, indicate your final renting price, and a detailed description of the house.
Also indicate the location, and mode of , payment as my financier who is based in the, U. Let me hear from you on receipt of this mail. Regards, Steve morris. Hi, Are you the owner of the place? If yes please send me photos, the floor plan and the detailed rental cost for a new tenant. I also want you to tell me about the niebourhood. Danny Raymond. I've felt the same problems with people in the past using email to communicate with one another for flatsharing.
