SCRAM SCAM!!! FRAUD ALERT BEWARE!!!

we are looking for a rent-to-own condo, just LOOKING! and at the same time searching for an affordable  place to rent near my husbands work at central, I posted my wanted listings on craigslist and browse for some more listings, I found this condo at 441 Walina St. in Waikiki and contacted the owner right away:


MY EMAIL TO HIM:
TO:33fws-2915059647@hous.craigslist.org

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 2:04 PM

hi i just wanna know if is this a rent to own condo? or if you have a rent to own unit? like this 

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/apa/2915059647.html 

we are planning to move by April thank you!

AND HE REPLIED TO ME RIGHT AWAY WITH:

it is my gladness to hear from you, I am the owner of the Apartment
you are making inquiry of and It is still available for rent .Actually
I resided in the apartment with my family, presently we moved away due
to my transfer from my working place presently my apartment is still
available for rent its including the utilities like hydro, washer and
security, it is furnished. More so Now, I went for a Crusade in West
Africa and I will like you to get in touch with my wife in the states
for more discussion as She is with the keys and the documents to the
Apartment.Please I want you to note that, I am a kind and honest man
and also I spent a lot on my property that i want to give you for
rent, so I solicit for your absolute maintenance of this apartment and
want you to treat it as your own, is that taken, I want you to keep it
tidy all the time so that I will be glad to see it neat when I come.
for a check up. I do that once in a while .. I want to have trust in
you as i always stand by my  words. its a very nice apartment and you
will love it. Where are you located? let us know how soon you are
willing to move in.Email my wife vstrick2004@gmail.com

AND AFTER HOW MANY MINUTES HIS SAID WIFE EMAILED ME TOO WITH THIS:

Thanks for the email,My name is Julie Coleman and Good Christian.Yes
in respect of my husband who owned the flat and also it is situated at
441 Walina Street Honolulu, HI 96815 and also want you to know that it
was due to my husband transfer that makes us to leave the flat and
also want to give it out for rent a 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,Am here in the
state,New Jersey our new house and also with the keys of the flat,we
try to look for an agent that we can give this document 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 to us here
and as you know that,my husband over in the West Africa for a mission
of God,so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the
flat.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 $576 per month with hydro,heat laundry facilities,air
condition, internet and so on.i look forward to hearing from you ASAP
so that i can forward you rent application to fill out and discuss on
how to get the house for rent,also are you ready to rent it now or
when ?, You can't view the flat until you get the keys and documents
due to the distance between us . View attached file for flat pictures.

MORE DETAILS




FURNISHED
PERIOD PROPERTY
SPACIOUS AND LIGHT
KITCHEN BREAKFAST ROOM
POPULAR AREA
1 BEDROOM
GOOD TRANSPORT LINKS
PARKING SPACE




Landing 22'1" x 5'10" ( 6.73m x 1.78m )
Reception room 17'0" x 16'0" ( 5.18m x 4.88m )
Kitchen 13'0" x 11'0" ( 3.96m x 3.35m )
Bedroom 1 12'10" x 10'5" ( 3.91m x 3.18m )
Bathroom 6'10" x 5'10" ( 2.08m x 1.78m )
WC 5'0" x 2'10" ( 1.52m x 0.86m )


Regards
Julie Coleman 

I REPLIED WITH DELIGHT SINCE THEY'VE BEEN QUITE THE ANSWERS THROUGH OUR PRAYERS: 

Hi Julie,it's nice to hear from you, we are planning to move by last week of April until 2nd week of May, is the electricity included in the $576 a month? we are from kahuku and planning to move somewhere in town near central where my husband is now working,i'm a hands-on mom,stay-home, but planning to look for a job so that I could help my husband,

we are very cautious in taking care of things for the matter that i value every penny it's worth

 we are staying with my husband's parents now but since we are all moving in separate because the rent is too high,  we've been hoping and praying that God would give us something we could start for, just the 3 of us,me and my husband,our 3 year old son,and the baby-on-the-way and now when I received your emails we finally found the answers in our prayers, we are very anticipated with this, my husband wants to know all the details on the deposit or whatever in between, thank you!

SHE REPLIED BACK AT ME RIGHT AWAY,SHE EVEN SENT US THEIR PICTURE:

Good hearing from you that you are promising us that our flat will be
well taken care off,and I really appreciate your expression.So,Like I
told you there's none of my friends or relatives to show you the
flat..I want you to stick to your words.Is that okay with you?And the
below is the final question that you must answer to qualify for the
rent. You can move in with a roomate


Hope you have a nice working day,Infact I will like to meet you when
coming to visit you soonest.We do a long term and short term renting
anytime you which to leave the place will be grateful and we are ready
to rent a long-term for 2 years lease or more. The $576 is for the
rent and the you pay security deposit of $130 which is $706 all
together.


Note that you will are not allowed to enter the flat,because the
keys/document is here with me




                    *******RENT APPLICATION FORM*******
                          (Private & Confidential)
Also,Pls let me get this answer.
1)Your Full Name
2)Present Full Address(where you reside now) & Phone Number to Reach You
3)Age
4)Are you married?
5)Sex?
6)How many people will be living in the house?
7)Do you have a pet?
8)Do you have a car?
9)What is your religion?
10)Occupation?
11) Citizen of which Country?
12) When Do you want to pay First Month Deposit?
13) How Many Month Deposit ???
14) When are you ready to Move In ?
15) When are u planning to leave the flat ?




Looking forward to hear from you with all this details for approval so
that i can have it in my file incase of issuing the receipt in your
name and contacting you.Await your urgent reply so that we can discuss
on how to get the documents and the keys to you,Please we are giving
you all this transaction is based on Trust & Honesty and again I want
you to stick to your words,We are putting everything into Gods hand,so
please do not let us down in this property of ours and God bless you
more as you do this.


Thanks so much and have a nice day




Regards


Julie Coleman 

THEN WE ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY TOO WE EVEN GAVE THEM OUR FAMILY PICTURE JUST TO BE FAIR:

 *******RENT APPLICATION FORM*******
                          (Private & Confidential)
Also,Pls let me get this answer.
1)Your Full Name: Cherry Ane de Leon and Eriko rey De Leon
2)Present Full Address(where you reside now) & Phone Number to Reach You: ***** kahuku Hawaii 96731/cell:808-*******
3)Age:both 23
4)Are you married? yes
5)Sex? male and female
6)How many people will be living in the house? 3 and 1 baby on the way
7)Do you have a pet? no
8)Do you have a car? yes 
9)What is your religion? catholic
10)Occupation? housewife (will search after we move)
11) Citizen of which Country?  U.S citizen
12) When Do you want to pay First Month Deposit? April,20,2012
13) How Many Month Deposit ??? 1 month
14) When are you ready to Move In? April 27,2012

15) When are you planning to leave the flat? when we finally save enough money to move to another place hopefully our own place specially when the kids grow up.

AND THEN AFTER AWHILE SHE SENT US THE SAID "APPLICATION ACCEPTED", I'VE BEEN LAUGHING THE WHOLE TIME CAUSE I TOLD MY HUSBAND THAT ALL MY ANSWERS WAS CONVINCING AS JOINING IN MS.UNIVERSE. SHE EMAILED ME THIS WITH THE NOT SO CONVINCING CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP:

Thank you very much for your reply, I can see your willingness in this

Flat. I want you to know that i am satisfied with your profile and also
believe l can trust in you because l will not like to experience what
l experienced from my last tenants again.I will like to know the exact
date you will like to move into the flat,l forwarded your profile to
my husband and he said he is satisfied with it. l want you to know
that we can let you stay in my flat till the period of time you wish
to.I want you to know that the rent fee is among the Flat utilities
all included, so you can use them anytime but make you take proper
care of my properties.We will come and pay you a visit after you have
moved into my home to see how you are maintaining it,I will be
receiving the first month and security deposit  which will be total
sum of $706 as a deposit via Western Union Money transfer as a Holding
deposit till you decide to move in. I 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.






Amenities
..........................................
# Bedroom : 1
# Bathroom : 1
# Extra Toilet : 1
# Extra Guest Room: 1
# Bed Linen
Accommodation Features
...................................................
Wood Floor :
Heater :
Central Heating :
Equiped Kitchen :
Tv: Cable/Satellite TV:
Video/Stereo:
Internet :
Air Conditioning:
• Full Kitchen
• Refrigerator:
• Garage/Car park
• pets  allowed.
Kitchen Features
...................... ...........
Washing machine:
Juice Machine :
Iron :
Toaster:
Oven :
Dishwasher :
Coffee Maker :
Microwave :
Refrigerator:
Stove:


As soon as the deposit payment has been confirmed by me via Western
Union Money transfer
,l will go ahead and commence on how the flat keys/documents will be
delivered to you via DHL courier service on next day delivery and it
will be delivered to the address you provided in your application
form.Let me hear back from you as soon as possible so that l can go
arrange for the delivery of the keys/Documents.
Once again l am giving you this Flat on trust and do not disappoint me
because l don't want our flat to be destroyed again, if you wish to
move in with your own properties,we still have one extra room that is
empty so you can easily put our own things that you think you don't
need in there. There is a good parking Space for you.


Here are the contents that will be delivered to you via DHL courier service.


1) Entrance and the rooms Keys
2)Paper/Permanent Flat form(Containing your reference details and lease)
3)The Flat documented file.
4)Payment Receipts.
5)Full address and description of the Flat.
My husband will like to talk to you,he will give you a call soon


Get back to me via email if you will need me to send you the
information in which you will use to make the deposit payment via
Western Union Money transfer to my husband. Find attached a copy of
our certificate of
ownership of the apartment. My Husband Is going to give you a call as
soon as possible Okay.




Thanks and God bless you and I love you so much and can't wait for you
to be our tenants. Let Me Know if you need the western union payment
Information.


Regards
Julie Cole.

HER SAID-TO-BE HUSBAND CALLED US IN A MINUTE AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO TALK TO MY HUSBAND, I'M THE ONE HE WANTS TO TALK WITH, ALL HIS WORDS WAS FILLED WITH WORDS OF GOD AND HE TOLD US THAT THERE ARE MANY APPLICANTS BUT THEY CHOSE US, I EMAILED HIS WIFE JULIE COLEMAN AND TOLD HER THIS.

your husband just called, thank you so much for the trust and for choosing us to rent into your house, my husband's been asking to whom and where (address) we could send the money via western union.

SHE REPLIED QUICKLY, AND "OBVIOUSLY" SHE'S NOT THAT RIGHT AFTER THE MONEY >.<

My husband and I are so excited, You will be making the payment to him

through Western Union Today through his personal Assistant and here is

information where you will need to send payment through money gram

below.

Receiver's name: Mr. Paul Eze

Receiver's Adress: 50 Ali Street, Ikeja. Lagos

City: lagos

State:  Lagos

Country: Nigeria

Zipcode: 23401

Test Question: What For?

Test Answer:  Personal Reasons

As soon as you send the payment from the Western Union Money

Transfer,you would be given some information. You would have to get

back to me with following information:

1. Full Sender's Name And Address Including Zip Code:

2. TEN MTCN Confirmation #:

3. Amount Sent:

As soon as i confirm the payment, I will send the necessary document

and keys of the apartment to you through DHL and get back to you with

the Tracking number and the arrival time of the document and the keys.

Send the Money today so you can get the keys latest by Friday the 9th.

Thanks and God Bless you

Julie Coleman

AND WITH THAT REPLY SHE DID, I SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR SOME JULIE COLEMAN,BARRY COLEMAN OR THAT SAID ASSISTANT PAUL EZE, ANYONE WOULD THINK ON HOW ON EARTH WOULD YOU SEND THE MONEY ON SOMEONE WHO IS JUST THE ASSISTANT, I SEARCHED FOR THE ADDRESS ON THE INTERNET WITH THEIR NAMES ON IT AND I FOUND THIS! 

http://parishousingscamwatch.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/warning-scammer-maxime-olaossi-prowling-for-victims/ 

EVERYTHING ON IT IS SOOOOO SIMILAR TO WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US, SAME NAME, SAME CERTIFICATE, SAME QUESTIONS,SAME SCAM!

THEY SENT US ANOTHER EMAIL,WHICH IS DEFINITELY NOT AFTER-YOUR-MONEY THING, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING US TO SEND THEM "NOW!" EVEN HALF OF THE DEPOSIT:

Sorry, It was an error, I meant 6th. The mail literally means that You
should try and pay in something before the end of this Month, so we
can hold on to it and send you guys the keys. You guys will be with
the keys till you are ready to move in.

Try to send it as soon as possible. If you can send the money or half
of it today or Monday, Try and do it. God Bless You My Dear Tenants to
be. We love you so much.

Julie Coleman 

THE NUMBER THAT APPEARED ON OUR PHONE WAS "UNKNOWN" SO I ASKED FOR JULIE COLEMAN'S CELL NUMBER IN NEW JERSEY:

okay, do you have a number there in new jersey so we can call you if we have any more questions, we'll get back to you as soon as we send the money 

SHE REPLIED,AND WENT SO LONG: 

My Dear

Thank you very much. This is My Number 831-308-7329. You can reach me
but my husbands prefers to speak much more over the phone to avoid
mistakes but you can call me and email me if you need anything.

Are you making the payment today? Let Me know as soon as possible
because my husband called me and informed me that I should put a hold
on other applicants and attend to you guys. He loves you people so
much so please let us be orderly okay. I promise you in God's Name,
There is no problems. Let Me Know id you are making the payment today.
Email the ten digit mtcn and the amount sent okay and also the
sender's name.

Regards
Julie Coleman

I DIDN'T CALL THAT NUMBER, AND BEEN THANKING TO GOD ALL NIGHT THAT HE DIDN'T LET US FALL WITH THESE KIND OF PEOPLE, GOD REALLY SEES THE HEART OF THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIM, IT JUST HAPPENED FOR HOURS, MAYBE THEY GAVE US A HOPE THAT THERE's STILL LUCK FOR US AND KIND PEOPLE LIKE THEM BUT AT LEAST WE ARE CAUTIOUS BEFORE ANY NEGOTIATIONS HAPPEN.

I LEFT THEM A MESSAGE THIS MORNING SAYING: 

we are going town today and might check the condo so we could send the money if we like the place, since it's a condo we are very sure that the maintenance of the building surely has another one in case of emergency or their master key, we'll tell them that we we already negotiated and wanted to check before we make a payment, is that sounds good to you?

THEY HAVE NO REPLY UNTIL NOW,WE WILL KEEP ON LOOKING FOR SOME PLACE ELSE,AND BE MORE ATTENTIVE ON ALL THE DETAILS, THANKS TO MY METICULOUS SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND BY READING THE SIGNS, THEIR PICTURES WERE SO SMALL, THEY GAVE US A SUSPICIOUS NAME AND ADDRESS,  ALL OF THEIR REPLIED EMAILS WERE SENT TO US WITHIN A SECOND LIKE IT IS READY OR THEY HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, THE CERTIFICATE THEY SENT US LOOKS LIKE A 1ST GRADER'S ASSIGNMENT, I CAN EVEN MAKE THEM ONE THAT IS MORE CONVINCING, THE NAME AND EVEN THE COUPLES THEY USE AS THEIR "SAID" PICTURE WAS NOT REALLY THEM, I'M HOPING THAT THEY WILL NOT USE ALL OUR INFO'S AND OUR FAMILY PICTURES TOO ON THIS FRAUD. 


I hope this won't happen again to other people, money is really important we should always be attentive when it comes to this, lucky for us we have been targeted but not victimized,and to the people who are responsible for this kind of actions, MAY GOD BLESS YOU!


WE RECEIVED ANOTHER EMAIL FROM THEM TODAY SAYING:
"WE AWAIT MADAM"