Who ever said that 419 scammers weren't creative, needs to see this new
twist on the scam... Apparently, from the email, you pay and they keep
the deposit. This one came from Craiglist.
As an aside, guess at which point I realized it was a scam?
J
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: $800 / 4br - * Beautiful 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath House in New
Orleans
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:13:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Desmond Brown <b.desmond80@yahoo.com>
To: xxxxxxxx <xxxxxxxxx@unix-boy.com>
Hello,
Thanks for the email. I Dr. Desmond Brown own the 4 bedroom and also
want you to know that it was due to my transfer that makes me and my
wife to leave the house 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 the
time and the person that will rent it to take it as if it were its own.
So for now, We are here in west Africa,Lagos our new house and also with
the keys of the house, we try to look for an agent that we can give this
documents before we left but could not see and we are as well as don't
want our house to be used any how in our present that is why we took it
along with us. I and my wife came over to west Africa,Lagos for a
missionary work, so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of
the house. So get back to me on how you could take care of our house or
perhaps experience you have in renting home. Hope you are okay with the
price of $800(1 months first payment) with hydro,heat laundry
facilities, air condition and so on. I am looking forward to hear from
you ASAP, below is the application form for you to fill and discuss on
how to get the house for rent,this is the address of the home.
722 Josephine St, New Orleans, LA
RENT APPLICATION FORM
Also,Pls let me get this answer.
1)Your Full Name
2)Your Full Address & Phone Number
3)How old are you?
4)Are you married?
5)How many people will be living in the house?
6)Do you have a pet?
7)Do you have a car?
8)Occupation?
9)What is your religion?
10)Are you born again?
Looking forward to hear from you with all this details so that i can
have it in my file incase 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.
Regards.
Await your reply.
Thanks
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