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    Housing Scam

    Well, well well. I never thought I'd come up against a 419er when looking for properties (but, to be fair, it was gumtree). Here's a reply I got:

    Thanks for the email , my husband in respect of pastor Ladson owned the apartment and also it is situated In 36 Western Street, Brighton BN1 2PG, England , United Kingdom.
    i want to give it out for rent and looking for a resposible 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 our new house in 276,GRINDCOBBE,ST ALBANS HERTS UK united kindom and also with the keys of the apartment,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 dont wnt our apartment to be used any how in our present that is why we took it along ,so i hope you will promise us to take very good care of the apartment.So get back to me on how you could take care of our aprtment or perhaps experience you have in entiong home.Hope you are okay with the price of euro 300 for month and deposit is euro 250 with hydro,heat laundry facilities,air condition, internet connection and so on. i look forward to hearing from you . application to fill out and discuss on how to get the apartment for rent,also are you ready to rent it now or when?View more pictures at the attach file.

    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 12'10" x 10'5" ( 3.91m x 3.18m )
    Guest WC 5'0" x 2'10" ( 1.52m x 0.86m )

    Address: 36 Western Street, Brighton BN1 2PG, England , United Kingdom

    RENT APPLICATION FORM

    Also,Pls let me get this answer.

    1)Your Full Name
    2)Present Address(where you reside now) & 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?
    11)1 month deposite needed
    (12) When are you Moving in?

    Get back to me with the answers so that i can take it to my lawyer for approval.

    Thanks,

    Ladson Janet.
    There were also some 200x200 pics attached, 5 of some random house, and 1 of a rather ugly woman

    Gave me a giggle.
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    Re: Housing Scam

    10)Are you born again?
    I don't even know how to begin answering that...
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    Re: Housing Scam

    wow this sounds cool,yup i,ll give you all my details including
    nat ins number my wives nat ins number,mothers in laws nat ins number and banking details,and i promise not to have any rave parties,crack dens or brothels while i'm living in your quant property,hell ooops sorry past pastor i'll even give up doing my pagan rituals in your property see answers to your other questions below
    1)Your Full Name brian the zorg
    2)Present Address sepultra,planet mars
    3)How old are you? 209
    4)Are you married? yes 21 wives 1 dog
    5)How many people will be living in the house? 201
    6)Do you have a pet? yes a targ
    7)Do you have a car? robin reliant
    8)Occupation? galactic mercenary
    9)What is your religion? bastion of death
    10)Are you born again? when the drink wears off
    11)1 month deposite needed hell i'll pay 6mnths upfront
    (12) When are you Moving in? already inside broke in last night
    thanks see you soon Brian xx

    thanks for original post gave a good laugh as well

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    Re: Housing Scam

    Quote Originally Posted by jackobyte View Post
    7)Do you have a car? robin reliant
    Reliant Robin, damnit...

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    Re: Housing Scam

    10)Are you born again?
    Should be "Were you born yesterday?"
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    Re: Housing Scam

    lol everyone picks on that little rubbish thing "robin reliant"
    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

    our boiler broke so we has no heating or hot water, this is the bloody result ^^

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    Re: Housing Scam

    Quote Originally Posted by Georgy291 View Post
    lol everyone picks on that little rubbish thing "robin reliant"
    But it's like saying "Astra Vauxhall"; "Golf Volkswagen"; "Focus Ford"...



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    Re: Housing Scam

    if you look up, i quoted id from someone else just didnt use the quote button silly me
    Quote Originally Posted by MadduckUK View Post
    now that i think about the word "throttled" in a certain light... its not so far different to strangled really

    our boiler broke so we has no heating or hot water, this is the bloody result ^^

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