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"i will tell him to send the check ($4500) to you so that you can cash it and deduct the money for the room from it and the remaining you will have to send it to my travelling agent"
Are you looking to rent a house or apartment? Did someone claiming to be from bbb contact you? Note that he says:
"i will tell him to send the check ($4500) to you so that you can cash it and deduct the money for the room from it and the remaining you will have to send it to my travelling agent".
That's a clue to a scam right there!
Any highlighted passages below are to draw your attention to typical scam clues:
Was this some kind of scam?
I was advertising a room for rent when I get this email response. The grammar was so bad it took me a few readings to be able to understand what this person was asking, then I began to wonder if this wasn't some kind of scam. I broke down the rest of the message so easier interpretation, and removed the person's name just in case it was legitimate.
Needless to say my response was
"Thank you, no."
Hello,
how are you doing over there?....thanks for getting back to me........i am _ _..am 28yrs ......am from US..Florida.....but in belgium on a modelling trip cos am a model....i have been there since but i need to get back home that is why am looking for a room so that i can be there when i get back......am a good looking somebody..quiet...easygoing... gentle ...simple......handworking.....i love swiming...going to beach...and at the sametime am single...
my payment for this room will be through a reputable bank certified check from a trust worthy client of mine...
and i want you to do me this favour...
he is not from US i mean my client ......
and he is travelling soon...
and i want to have my money from him before he travel....
and i cant not have this money since am not in the state...
but i will tell him to send the check ($4500) to you so that you can cash it and deduct the money for the room from it and t he remaining you will have to send it to my travelling agent so that he can arrange my coming back ok...
and i want you to deduct 100 dollars from this money after you have cashed the payment from your bank and that is for the runing up and down of cashing the payment..
as for how you are going to have the payment.....
you have to give me this information so that i can have it forwarded to the client so that he can have the payment sent to you by ups courier and i will give you the tracking number so that you can be able to monitor the status of the payment....this is what you will give me below.....
1....the name that will be on the payment 2....the street address 3....city 4....state 5....zipcode 6....and a cell phone number
That is all what you need to give to me and you wil get the payment there asap....
thanks for your cooperation and waiting to read from you....
God bless you...
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