2063390186

This SCAM is happening in detroit now...Same f-ing person. Also watch out for tara zola (tarazola@live.com). Same $hit, different name. be careful! Also, contact abuse@craigslist.org.

Yep, got the same scam tonight after showing interest in a "Relaxation Apt" in St. Louis that was posted on craigslist.  http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vac/1758338499.html  

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Thank you for showing interest. The apartment is available for the dates chosen. I am sure that this is one of the best apartment you can get around at this reasonable rate. But I cannot guarantee the hold of the apartment until you book for it. You are required to pay 50% of the total rental fee and a Refundable security fee of $100  to enable me hold the apartment for you,as there is rush for the apartment at this time.The apartment is $50  per night. Check the below quotes for the cost of nights you intent to stay in the apartment.
Address: 4398 W Pine Blvd St Louis, MO 63108
6      NIGHTS =   $300
%50 DEPOSIT   =   $150
SECURITY FEE  =   $100

All you have to do to hold the apartment is to pay a 50% of the total rental fee, plus the Refundable Security Fee which is $100.  which will be given back to you on the day you departing from the apartment,  Once you have made the payment I will issue you a receipt confirming your payments. There are also door men and cleaners who would come at intervals under your request to clean and attend to your needs.This also does not attract any extra charges. You get to notify me of the exact time you will be arriving in MO to make arrangement to pick you up. There is no extra charges for this also. I will render this service for free.I will send you our booking form and agreement as soon I have your reply to know you are interested in the apartment.

Regards
Mrs. Briliant.

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After asking for a way to contact her, she provided the following:

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Phone: 206-339-0186

The line maybe busy due to a lot of calls we receive from other clients.
Brie.

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Fortunately this one was easy to detect with the poor phrasing and grammar, but this website helped me debunk it completely.

We fell victim to the same scam. We had to send money to a Mr. Raymond Belcher in New York. He sent us a contract for for an apartment in Boston. Property records show no listing of of a Raymond Belcher owning that address. Stay away!

BTW: legitamate condos rental services are services like vrbo.com

Just dealt with someone named FRED BARRY fbarryrent@gmail.com regarding a craigslist vacation rental... I always do adequate research on these - SCAM.
Western Union requested to
Name: Bette Lamb
402 N 2nd Street Killeen,
Texas 76541
USA.
BEWARE!!!

Thank you for all the postings!  I was about to get scammed!!  But after I read these postings, I really understand "too good to be true" is a rare fact.

The email says:
"Thanks for your response.I am attaching the agreement and booking form to you. I want  you to complete and return it back soonest. Also, to have the apartment reserved for you. you need to have the %50 deposit plus the refundable security fee which is $100 the total amount you are going to send is ($475) you will transfered it to the owner of the apartment via Western Union Money. on your arrival you will pay the remaining %50 payment while i will then hand over the keys to you. Am the manager here. Here is the  owner's Name and Address to send the deposit to her.  

Name: Jennifer Fassy
        3333 Weslayan
        Houston
        TX
        77098
        USA
       
The line maybe busy due to a lot of calls we receive from other clients. Get back to me  immediately with the Money Western Union Money Transfer Control # and the information given to you while deposit is transfered so i can prepare and forward your receipt to you. Please remember to print and come along with the apartment receipt that i will attach and forward to you after confirmation of deposit.
Thanks
Mrs. Briliant.  "

Next email:
Hello Louise,
Thank you for showing interest. The apartment is available for the dates chosen. I am sure that this is one of the best apartment you can get around at this reasonable rate. But I cannot guarantee the hold of the apartment until you book for it. You are required to pay 50% of the total rental fee and a Refundable security fee of $100  to enable me hold the apartment for you,as there is rush for the apartment at this time.The apartment is $50  per night. Check the below quotes for the cost of nights you intent to stay in the apartment.
Address: 411 Hobron Lane, Honolulu, HI 96815
15     NIGHTS =   $750
%50 DEPOSIT   =   $375
SECURITY FEE  =   $100

All you have to do to hold the apartment is to pay a 50% of the total rental fee, plus the Refundable Security Fee which is $100.  which will be given back to you on the day you departing from the apartment,  Once you have made the payment I will issue you a receipt confirming your payments. There are also door men and cleaners who would come at intervals under your request to clean and attend to your needs.This also does not attract any extra charges. You get to notify me of the exact time you will be arriving in HI to make arrangement to pick you up. There is no extra charges for this also. I will render this service for free.I will send you our booking form and agreement as soon I have your reply to know you are interested in the apartment.

Regards
Mrs. Briliant.

OMG! After reading all of this I think I got scammed too. I sent Dea Lazo my money for a condo in Miami for july 4th. The only thing is that she did reply back to all of my emails and send me my receipt with the reseravation number as well she signed it. And she even sent me a copy of her driver license. I dont know what to do since our trip is around the corner.

OMG! After reading all of this I think I got scammed too. I sent Dea Lazo my money for a condo in Miami for july 4th. The only thing is that she did reply back to all of my emails and send me my receipt with the reseravation number as well she signed it. And she even sent me a copy of her driver license. I dont know what to do since our trip is around the corner.

dear wendy - i have rec an e mail reply from FRED BARRY - stylish noe valley (san Fran) 2 br etc... for a super reasonable price etc... As yet I have not forwarded any money - should I ? Is this a scam, how do we ident. scams etc... I have never done this distant rentals before; thank you for sending this note on this forum.

OMG! I just got the same message from Briliant Sparman. Condo/apartment 2 bd 2 ba in Honolulu with exact message you got. Mine was for 14 nights with a quote of $700 for the stay, $350 50% down with $100 refundable deposit. Im getting quick response from this brilliant con person with the same email you got. I have just found the ad on craigslist about an hour ago, emailing from Seattle and within 3-5 min, get these responses on the property. I even got an address to Chateau Waikiki. On the Condo info it only has 2 units with 2 bed 2 bath. I kept asking if the property is on VRBO and this person keeps telling me that he/she has sent me the address to look at and it only has 4 photos. So I usually do my homework and investigate on these type of cases. I had a friend in Honolulu go and check the place out (she is a real estate agent) and found out the units with 2 bd 2 ba are occupied and was able to get a hold of resident manager and confirmed that this is not the first time someone came by or called to confirm rental property. This Briliant person is a scam and people has lost money through this. People, be careful and don't send money until you are sure someone has checked it out or it's through the hotel itself.

ALMOST GOT SCAMMED BY THIS GUY...Jeremy Ronald who said he was the apt manager for Raymond Belcher, for the address-

831 Saint Louis St APT H, New Orleans, LA  ---  What tiped me off is that 2 dofferent scam people sent me contracts with the same address but different pictures.  SO I know something wasnt right!!!  after googling RENTAL SCAMS IN NEW ORLEANS AND THIS PHONE NUMBER, LOOK WHAT I FIND OUT.

THIS REALLY SUCKS AND TAKES THE FUN OUT OF GETTING A GOOD DEAL ON CRAIGSLIST.

Hi

I also almost just got scammed by this Jeremy person. He sent through the booking form with the name Raymond Belcher as the owner. The email address he used was rolandjak0@gmail.com

The apartment was for a place in Milwaukee, by the river.

Yes, it looks like the same scam:  here is the response email from fbarryrent@gmail.com:

We glad you choose our apartment for your vacation,we hope that you have a pleasant stay,We do have availability for your chosen dates.

It is a two bedroom two bathroom apartment flat,We charge 100$ per night and to enable you hold the apartment for your choosing dates an advance payment equal to 50% of the rental rate is required to be paid,plus a reservation damage deposit of 200$ is required before arrival.
The advance payment will be applied toward the apartment rent,the advance payment deposit is to ensure your booking of the reservation.

Note: the damage deposit will be refunded back to you on the day of departure upon inspection satisfaction at check out. Central air conditioning, Parking space available for two cars,taxes bills,car park bills,cleaning bills has all been taken care off.

Night stayed 3 = $300

Damage/reservation deposit = $200

Total Amount = $500

Deposit to hold your dates = $350

Balance upon arrival = $150

All we required you to hold the apartment is to make advance payment equal 50% of the rental fee plus the damage reservation deposit of 200$ which will be refunded back to you on your departure day. Kindly get back to me if you are interested so that i can send you our terms and conditions,paper work to fill.

Thank you,

Fred.

Yup, so the number he gave me as a contact number is the same as above: 315 308 5329

I just dealt with the exact same names of Jeremy Ronald and a Mr. Belcher, but in San Diego!!! This is sooo sad and frustrating!! It is people like this that ruin it for everyone!!

He used the same address
Bette Lamb,
in Killeen TX for an apartment in Denver!
I got as far as the phone number for the person receiveng the money
at Western Union and he didn't supply one!
Oh, and get this, the address for the rental apartment turned out to be a burger joint!

Here's the email for the scammer ... renting a breckenridge loft and a Denver Apartment:

paul.smithrent@gmail.com

I just saw a posting indicating that there is a scam concerning these cheap vacation rentals in new york. Here is a craiglsit post that just came up today. Is this one real or just another scam?

URGENT PLEASE READ!!!!!]

We at Metro Apartments DO NOT advertise our vacation property on Craigslist. We DO NOT accept payment for bookings via Western Union or MoneyGram. We only accept payments via credit card or Pay Pal. There are persons on this website who have stolen photos of our property and are advertising rentals for 1 bedroom apartments for $50.00 a night. THIS IS A SCAM YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY AND HAVE NOWHERE TO GO WHEN YOU ARRIVE TO NEW YORK.

The contact names for these dishonest crooks are Dawn Morris, Travis Parker, and Herbert Mouscardy
They use the email addresses, ( hmouscardy@ymail.com, trental023@gmail.com, & vrental039@gmail.com)
DO NOT DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A VACATION RENTAL PLEASE CONTACT- Tonya Simmons @ OFFICE#(212) 706-2082 (10am to 6:00pm) CELLULAR #(347)466-2227 (Anytime) or e-mail us with an inquiry to metroapt@hotmail.com

Once again the following contact names and e-mails are a scam and have NOTHING to do with Metro Apartments (Dawn Morris, Travis Parker, Herbert Mouscardy, hmouscardy@ymail.com, trental023@gmail.com, & vrental039@gmail.com)

To book a legitimate apartment contact Tonya Simmons @ OFFICE#(212) 706-2082 (10am to 6:00pm) CELLULAR #(347)466-2227 (Anytime) or e-mail us with an inquiry to metroapt@hotmail.com

Thank You

440 west 41st Street at 9th and 10th ave (google map) (yahoo map)

Thank goodness is right I was just about to send nearly 800.00 for a 2br 2b apartment until i started feeling uneasy about the lack of information and his insistence to go ahead and send the money via western union.  Thank goodness I was unable to send that much through western union online.  I am thankful for sites such as this one to help figure out scams.

I almost bought into the same as all above.  4 br 2 bath apt. Ocean Beach, NY (FireIsland). $250 per night on Craigslist.  Email contact Jeremy Ronald.  Thankfully I thought a little too good to be true.  Did a little googling using the address Jeremy provided me with and found info & pictures of the real property.  Too bad the picutres Jeremy sent and the ones on web of the actual property were close but not exact.  Then I googled the name Lawrence Schollenberger which is the alleged owner listed in the rental agreement they wanted me to sign and found this site.  How these guys can get away with this is unreal.  BEWARE ALL!!!  SCAM!!!!