I got the same thing from an ad at NOW advertising. THIS PERSON IS CLEARLY A SCAMMER!!
BE AWARE!!
Thanks for your response regarding your interest in having my apt for rent.The Apt is much available for now.What happened is that initially,I wanted to sell this apt but my wife suggested that we should rent it out to a responsible person.I am now currently in west Africa now with my family where we work as a volunteer with the Missionary, both me and my wife,we have the keys right here with us.I will like to inform you that it was due to my transfer that makes us to leave the apt and also want 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 want it to be clean at all time and the person that will rent it will have to take it as if it were his/her own..So for now,We are here in West Africa,our new home and also with the keys of the apt,we are trying to look for an agent that we can give this document before we left but could not see and we are as well we don’t want our apt to be used any how in our absent that is why we took it along with us here..We are only willing to give the apt out to a lovely and caring person only, so if you know you cannot give the apt the neatness it deserves please don’t contact me.But if you promise to always take good care of the apt,get back to me on how you could take care of our apt or perhaps experience you have in renting a home. I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP,
And the monthly rent fee of the apartment is including the utilities include Hydro, cable /internet access,Central Air Conditioning, Laundry, Garbage Chute, Pets OK,Parking, dry cleaning,Heating, Electricity,TV, fridge etc and everything its already been furnished,Kindly confirm your interest by filling the form below:
TENANT RENT APPLICATION
FIRST NAME:__________________
MIDDLE NAME: __________________
LAST NAME:__________________
PROFESSION: ________________
DATE OF BIRTH___________________
PHONE (____) __________ (CELL)
PHONE (____)__________ (WORK)
PHONE (____) __________ (HOME)
MARITAL STATUS: _________
KIDS_____ (YES/NO), HOW MANY________
CURRENT ADDRESS: ___________________________
CITY: _______________
PROVINCE:______________
POSTAL CODE: ____________
HOW LONG?___________IF RENTING
WHY ARE YOU LEAVING? _______________________________________________________________________
CURRENT RENT: _______
DO YOU HAVE A CAR?
HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL BE LEAVING IN THE HOUSE
IF THIS HOUSE IS BEING GIVEN TO YOU,
HOW LONG DO YOU INTEND STAYING? ____________
WHEN DO YOU INTEND MOVING IN? ______________
HOW MANY MONTH RENT ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY UPFRONT??____________________
Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can have it in my file in case of issuing the receipt for you and contacting you.Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss on how to get the document and the key to you,please we are giving you all this base on trust and again i will want you to stick to your words,you know that,we do not see yet and only putting everything into Gods hand,so please do not let us down in this our property and God bless you more as you do this.
He also almost scammed us, but this time he said that he was a Doctor doing work in West Africa and the house that he listed I also found listed on a realty website. His number this time was +234-802-9569995. The house is in Seven Lakes, NC
HE GOES BY THE NAME OF JACK ARTERS NOWW!!! HE SAYS HE IS RENTING A HOUSE AT 15 SANTA FE AVE IN HAMDEN NY!! HE EVEN PUT UP PICTURES OF HIM && HIS FAMILY!!
LOL Shitt.. I can't believe I almost got scammed. Thank God for google.
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Hi
Thanks for getting back to me with the Rent Application Form and I really appreciate all your promise to take very good care of the apartment,I felt relived after i received more of your email,the way you responds,my instincts tell me that you are my perfect tenant.I just want to let you know that i have decided to let you live in our apartment. As we have found your application very satisfactory and acceptable by my family. I will also like to tell you that my wife suggested i rent it out to responsible person like you who will be ready to take care of it. Which is why i am willing to rent it out to you.
So we would want you to go through this email and get back to us on what you feel so we could proceed in renting the apartment to you.We would like to send the following document to you via DHL Courier Service to the address you sent to us and the tracking number will be sent to you so that you can possibly occupy the apartment, Please once again, we are giving you this base on trust and do not disappoint us and I promise you that you will love the apartment. So we are with the below document here with us. You will need to make Payment for the Security deposit ( $700 ) to enable shipment of the Keys and document to the address you provide to us after which you could move in at your convenience. The rent starts counting when you move in, and you can now make the remaining balance,ok
Here are the contents of the document that needs to be sent.
1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2) Paper/Permanent house form
3) The house documetary file.
4) Full Description of the house
5) Payment Receipt
I will be receiving the Security deposit payment from you via money gram or western union (Walmart Store) to my Lawyer here in Nigeria because l think it reliable,secured and fast,l wish you best of luck in your work, from your profile l can see that you are responsible and a hard working person may the Almighty Lord lead you in what ever you wish to do. As soon as the Security Deposit has been confirmed by me via money gram around your home,l will go ahead and commence on how the House's keys/Documents will be delivered to you via DHL on next day delivery and it will be delivered to the address you have provided in the application form. Let me hear back from you as soon as possible so that l can arrange for the delivery of the keys/Document.
You need to go to any wallmart store around your home to send the deposit payment via money gram or western union, with the Information of my Lawyer so that proper signing of the documents can be done. The information to send the payment are:
Name:........DAVID ALABI
Address:.....19 ISOLO RD
City:........MUSHIN
State:.......LAGOS STATE
Zip code:....23401
Country:.....Nigeria
Test Question and answer,So if they ask you this,just tell them that
Question: The Lord is good
Answer: All the time
As soon as you send the payment get back to me with the following information:
Senders Full Name:........?
Senders Full Address:.....?
REFERENCE Number (which is in 8 digits number):...............? or if it's western union you send it you can get back to me with the MTCN number ( which is in 10 digit number )
I will be expecting your email so that we can arrange the keys and documents to be sent out to you immediately.
Thanks and God bless.
Paul Totti
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btw here is his ad: http://montreal.en.craigslist.ca/apa/2333155180.html
his number: 2348024961467
Hopefully no one else falls for this in the future! I also went to see the apartment myself, emailed the customers service and they told me it was a scam for sure.