| WARNING
: Rental Scams
in Self Catering Holiday Home Lettings Attempted
Rental Scam in Cyprus January 2006 In
Mid January 2006 a jmlvillas.com client received an enquiry via their website
that has all the classic signs of a "scam rental". Below
are the sequence of emails exchanged (with full names and email addresses removed).
It show the approach by the person pretending to rent, then being told the price
will be 350 plus some air conditioning costs, supplying bank details and then
being told a payment of 3,000 will be made and could the balance be returned etc!
_____________________________________ -----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com] Sent: 12 January 2006 17:04 To:
Cyprus client Subject: mail me back today My
name is kate A female modelling in west Africa.I will like know that I am intrested
in renting your room for 2 week so that I can stay there for the momment i came
for a concert in the Cyprus. I will like you to give me the cost of renting the
room for 2week and all the bill I have to pay when i stay there also . Waiting
to hear from Back asap. Regards kate...... Hello
Kate, Thank you for your request and for choosing our company. We will be glad
to provide you with accommodation, but to give you the price we need to know the
exact dates when you are planning to come in Cyprus and what apartment you would
like to rent ( 1, 2 or 3-bedroom). Please give us more detail about your visit
in Cyprus and we will prepare the offer for you. Best regards, Company representative
plus office address and phone and fax number -----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com]Sent: 12 January 2006 19:51
Thanks
for the mail i will like you to that am intred in 2bedroom and also i will stay
by 30 of jan 2006 I will like you to give me the cost of renting the room for
2week and all the bill I have to pay when i stay there also . Waiting to hear
from Back asap. Regards kate Dear
Kate We
have available XXXX for the duration you are interested in, it is a 2 bedroom
apartment and the cost is 175.00CYP per week, so the total would be 350.00CYP
for the 2 weeks. The price does not include air conditioning and that is an extra
2.00CYP per day per unit. If you are still interested in staying with us, and
as it is so close to the 30 January, you will need to send us the full payment
amount. You can pay directly into our bank account, the details are as follows:
Bank
Name: XXXXX BANK Bank Address: Branch No. then address of bank Swift No.: XXXXX
IBAN: CYXXX XXXXX............. Account Holder's Name: XXXX XXXXX LTD Account Holder's
Address: XXXXX ................. CYPRUS Account Number: XXXXXXX
There
are no other costs on top of the rental of the apartment other than your food
and spending money while you are here. If
you would like us to arrange a taxi transfer from the airport to XXXXX, the cost
would be 15.00CYP each way from Pafos Airport or 50.00CYP from Larnaca Airport.
This is paid directly to the taxi driver who would meet you at the airport holding
up a sign with your name on so you can identify him. You will need to supply us
with your full flight details: flight number, airline, arrival into the airport
and from which airport you fly from. For the departure, we would need to know
the same information but which airport you will be leaving from and which airport
you will be flying into when you leave Cyprus. Please advise if you would like
us to arrange the taxi transfer for you.
Please also advise us if you would like us to hold XXXXX for you, and if so, when
you have transferred the money into our bank account, please could you email us
with the transaction number the bank give you. Many thanks Kind regards Company
representative etc -----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com] Sent: 13 January 2006 10:11 To:
XXXXXXX Subject: XXXXX 30Jan06-13Feb06 enquiry Hello
back, I forwarded your message to the agency and I was instructed to tell you
that there mode of payment is going to be by a cheque whcih is going to be in
full settlement.So,i will need you to reply back to me if acceptable in order
to proceed vert fast.Expecting your reply back today kate..............
Dear
Kate Please ask your agency to send us a Bankers Cheque for the full payment
and to please send it by express post to the address shown below in my earlier
email, so that we can receive it within a few days.Many thanks Kind regards Company
representative etc -----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com] Sent: 13 January 2006 12:23 To:
XXXXXXX Subject: mail me back today
thanks forthe mail i will like you to give me your Full Name and Address phone
number zip code in which the cheque will be send to kindly get back to me today
kate Dear
Kate The
name and address of our company is as shown below: address provided etc Please
note that the amount for the two weeks is 350.00CYP (Cypriot Pounds) and the cheque
that is sent to us needs to equate to that amount after the exchange rate is taken
into consideration. Many thanks Kind regards Company representative
-----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com] Sent: 17 January 2006 12:42 To:
XXXXXXX Subject: mail me back today Thanks
for the mai you wont this name to be on the paymen (company representative) OR
this (COMPANY LTD) so that i can forward it straight to the agency for promtp
payment they are ready to issue out a check out £3,000 to you. It has to go along
with my flight fare ticket,my feeding allowance and some other arrangments i need
to shuffle out before my coming.Then the payment is going to be send to you as
soon as you forward me the details. and you will dredute your £350 and send flight
fare ticket to my PA through western union moneyt Then will be expecting your
mail back today and i will send you my pics i my nest mail you will be glad to
see yours as well or the rooms' pics if any. Await your reply back today..........
kate........ Dear
Kate The cheque is to be made out to XXXX Company Ltd, and is to be in the amount
equating to 350.00 Cypriot Pounds only. Please
note that we do not arrange flights, you will have to arrange your own flight
to Pafos."
We can however, arrange for a taxi transfer for you from the airport to XXXXX,
this will cost 15.00 Cypriot Pounds and is payable direct to the taxi driver.
The cost is the same for the return taxi transfer to the airport, which again
is paid direct to the taxi driver. Please advise if you would like us to arrange
the taxi transfer for you -- Kind
regards Company representative etc -----Original
Message----- From: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com] Sent: 18 January 2006 00.00 To:
XXXXX Subject: Get back to me Hello,
I
understand that you are your company those not help people in arranging the flight,
I will like you to know that My PA will be the one that will cater for that, What
i just want from you is to help me catch the cheque and deduct the money for the
room from thev amount send to you by the Agency and send the rest to my passonal
Assistance so that he can Help me arrange the flight ticke and other things I
will need during the period of my stay, Kindly get back to me to let me know you
undersatnad me.Thanks Kate -----Original
Message-----From: Company Sent: 18 January 2006 09:49 To: 'KATE Lxxxxx' Subject:
RE: Get back to me Dear
Kate I
am sorry but we cannot accept your cheque unless it is for the amount of 350.00
cypriot pounds which is the cost of the apartment. Besides
which, it is too near to 30 January, the date you wish to arrive, to be able to
accept your agency's cheque, pay it into our bank account, wait for it to clear,
(which takes 3 weeks), and then transfer what money you require back to you. It
is also not our policy to do such a thing
Kind regards Company representative etc -----Original
Message----- From: Company Sent: 23 January 2006 14:18 To: KATE L xxxx[mailto@yahoo.com]
Subject: 30Jan - 13 Feb holiday enquiry Dear
Kate Further
to my last email to you, shown below. We can confirm that we are not in receipt
of your cheque amounting to 350.00 Cypriot Pounds only. We
are therefore assuming that you will no longer require the apartment as you had
previously requested. Please advise if this is not the case. Kind
regards Company representative etc _____________________________________________
We
never got a reply so after reading your webpage about scams, I think this was
one! Kind
regards jmlvillas
client. January
27th 2006 
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