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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got the same exact message as Laura and thought it sounded very fishy.  Glad I found this website since it saved me the hassle. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got the same exact message as Laura and thought it sounded very fishy.  Glad I found this website since it saved me the hassle.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura</title>
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		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I smell a rat here too: 
 
Hello, 
 
  It&#039;s nice hearing from you swiftly and I would like to secure the 
apartment prior to my arrival to the United States.My name is Tara and 
below is a bit more information about me. 
 
 
Age: 24 
Sex: Female 
Citizenship: Canada 
Religion: Christian 
Marital Status: Single 
Hobbies: Just hanging out 
Drinking/Drugs/Smoking: Social Drinker,don&#039;t do drugs nor smoke and drama free. 
Occupation: 
 
 
I obtained my Bachelor degree a year ago In my home town.I am single 
and never being married .I&#039;m assuring you that will enjoy living with 
me because I&#039;m a open minded and lively person.I will be in the States 
the first week of the coming month for the next one year as I&#039;m coming 
for my master degree programmer.I was born in Manitoba (Canada), and 
attended the University Of Manitoba,I speak fluent English with a 
little Scottish accent,I am currently in Inagua,Bahamas on a research 
work which is a prerequisite for my qualification. 
 
I&#039;m really interested in renting from you and i do really love pets 
but i don&#039;t have any at the moment. I also would have loved to see my 
potential room in person but I understand I&#039;m some miles away so with 
pictures I&#039;ll be good.I could have called and discuss with you about 
the room but this is a remote area and calls hardly go through from 
here and I don&#039;t want to waste much time .It would be nice to know 
more about you too and if you have garage or parking space as I will 
have my own car so please let me know the total payment of the place 
and more over I will send your email to my Dad to email you later 
since he is the one responsible for the payments for 
now.Nevertheless,I will like you to send me your full name and the 
mailing address, your phone number as well,so that my Dad will issue 
out the  payment for the place as soon as possible.I think with that 
you can hold on the place for me till I come and I will need your full 
name and mailing information in the form below to have my Dad issue 
out the rental payment to you . 
 
 
Full Name : 
Address (NO PO BOX) : 
City,State,Zip-Code: 
Phone Number: 
 
 
Regards, 
 
Tara Fletcher </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I smell a rat here too: </p>
<p>Hello, </p>
<p>  It&#039;s nice hearing from you swiftly and I would like to secure the<br />
apartment prior to my arrival to the United States.My name is Tara and<br />
below is a bit more information about me. </p>
<p>Age: 24<br />
Sex: Female<br />
Citizenship: Canada<br />
Religion: Christian<br />
Marital Status: Single<br />
Hobbies: Just hanging out<br />
Drinking/Drugs/Smoking: Social Drinker,don&#039;t do drugs nor smoke and drama free.<br />
Occupation: </p>
<p>I obtained my Bachelor degree a year ago In my home town.I am single<br />
and never being married .I&#039;m assuring you that will enjoy living with<br />
me because I&#039;m a open minded and lively person.I will be in the States<br />
the first week of the coming month for the next one year as I&#039;m coming<br />
for my master degree programmer.I was born in Manitoba (Canada), and<br />
attended the University Of Manitoba,I speak fluent English with a<br />
little Scottish accent,I am currently in Inagua,Bahamas on a research<br />
work which is a prerequisite for my qualification. </p>
<p>I&#039;m really interested in renting from you and i do really love pets<br />
but i don&#039;t have any at the moment. I also would have loved to see my<br />
potential room in person but I understand I&#039;m some miles away so with<br />
pictures I&#039;ll be good.I could have called and discuss with you about<br />
the room but this is a remote area and calls hardly go through from<br />
here and I don&#039;t want to waste much time .It would be nice to know<br />
more about you too and if you have garage or parking space as I will<br />
have my own car so please let me know the total payment of the place<br />
and more over I will send your email to my Dad to email you later<br />
since he is the one responsible for the payments for<br />
now.Nevertheless,I will like you to send me your full name and the<br />
mailing address, your phone number as well,so that my Dad will issue<br />
out the  payment for the place as soon as possible.I think with that<br />
you can hold on the place for me till I come and I will need your full<br />
name and mailing information in the form below to have my Dad issue<br />
out the rental payment to you . </p>
<p>Full Name :<br />
Address (NO PO BOX) :<br />
City,State,Zip-Code:<br />
Phone Number: </p>
<p>Regards, </p>
<p>Tara Fletcher</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the posting...just got the same response from Dr. Batchelor as you... </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the posting&#8230;just got the same response from Dr. Batchelor as you&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: tom</title>
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		<dc:creator>tom</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello Landlord/Agent, 
    I am interested in your property posted for rent on craiglist. I 
want a long-term lease. Minimum of 1yr. Who pay utilities ? Is the 
property ready for move-in now ? If no, when ? Is the move-in fee 
negotiable ? Is the property furnished or unfurnished ? What is the 
footage i.e the measurement and i will appreciate more pictures 
because i am not available to come and view the property. I want to 
rent property unseen.  I will be moving in from Cardiff Wales. I have 
an exploratory research project to be executed in your area, tagged &quot; 
Socio-economic Factors Affecting Religiosity &amp; Crime Rate&quot; Your area 
is my study location and sample size, also my respondents are from 
there. You can see the urge and necessity of renting from you. Just 
for me,my wife and a daughter, no pet. Non of us smokes and no drugs. 
We have family values and socially oriented. 
  
  
Prof L. Batchelor 
University of Wales 
Department of Sociology, 
Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences &amp; Scottish Centre for Crime 
and Justice Research. 
King Edward VII Avenue 
Cardiff CF10 3NS 
Tel: +447031976553 or 
     +447024065501 </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Landlord/Agent,<br />
    I am interested in your property posted for rent on craiglist. I<br />
want a long-term lease. Minimum of 1yr. Who pay utilities ? Is the<br />
property ready for move-in now ? If no, when ? Is the move-in fee<br />
negotiable ? Is the property furnished or unfurnished ? What is the<br />
footage i.e the measurement and i will appreciate more pictures<br />
because i am not available to come and view the property. I want to<br />
rent property unseen.  I will be moving in from Cardiff Wales. I have<br />
an exploratory research project to be executed in your area, tagged &quot;<br />
Socio-economic Factors Affecting Religiosity &amp; Crime Rate&quot; Your area<br />
is my study location and sample size, also my respondents are from<br />
there. You can see the urge and necessity of renting from you. Just<br />
for me,my wife and a daughter, no pet. Non of us smokes and no drugs.<br />
We have family values and socially oriented. </p>
<p>Prof L. Batchelor<br />
University of Wales<br />
Department of Sociology,<br />
Anthropology and Applied Social Sciences &amp; Scottish Centre for Crime<br />
and Justice Research.<br />
King Edward VII Avenue<br />
Cardiff CF10 3NS<br />
Tel: +447031976553 or<br />
     +447024065501</p>
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		<title>By: Shane Bumgarner</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shane Bumgarner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I recieved an identical email as above. Word for word. I wanted to copy his name and position here to aid in searches for these people. It took me some looking to figure out this guy was trying to scam us. I figure the more times the names are out there the easier it will be for others to find. 
 
Prof L. Batchelor 
University of Wales. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recieved an identical email as above. Word for word. I wanted to copy his name and position here to aid in searches for these people. It took me some looking to figure out this guy was trying to scam us. I figure the more times the names are out there the easier it will be for others to find. </p>
<p>Prof L. Batchelor<br />
University of Wales.</p>
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		<title>By: S Freshwater</title>
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		<dc:creator>S Freshwater</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I received this very same email on January 19, 2012. I replied with the requested information and received the following reply from the sender. I am very suspicious about this, so I found this bog on the web, and now will terminate the interaction and try reporting suspicious activity to someone (who?): 
 
 
       I really appreciate your efforts to answer those questions as 
regard the house.. My Research project commence by 2nd of Febuary but 
I&#039;ll be in states on or before. It&#039;s an individual research to improve 
my knowledge and understanding on Crime, Delinquency &amp; Female 
Criminology. I want to compare and contrast Crime in the United states 
to crime in Italy and the rest of the world. I&#039;ll not be working with 
any Organization or group of people in the states except for my 
Respondents. I am a family oriented man with a very Good record and 
reputation.. I want to sign an agreement of 1yr with you and i am 
ready to offer you the first month rent fee + the first month security 
deposit fee to secure the house prior to my arrival to the states by 
Certified American Check, and on my arrival, i&#039;ll pay for the 
remaining 11months by cash. Forward the lease agreement/application 
form for my Review. In my opinion, appending signatories should be 
done properly and at best physically when i get to the states and also 
the back ground check. But i can assure you that i have a very good 
employment record. Forward your name, address and phone number for 
check payment. 
 
I understand that the house is Unfurnished,  I&#039;ll be making 
arrangement with a furniture company over there in states to supply 
some exclusive furniture into the house, because transporting 
furniture across-board will not be easy and it&#039;ll be too expensive. I 
want you to send the measurement/dimension of each section of the 
house to determine the size and amount of Furniture that&#039;ll be supply 
into the house.  My Furniture company will fix a delivery date andtime 
that will be convenient and you&#039;ll be at the property on the delivery 
day to monitor the delivery and set-up of my furniture. For my flight 
booking, email me the nearest Airport close to your house or close to 
the property. I&#039;ll be responsible for all Utilities 
 
Let us know how to move ahead as we intend to complete this deal 
before we move in by 29th of January. we will let you know the exact 
date as soon as we get a booking on a flight to the states. I want a 
less risk, fair,transparent and a hitch free transaction so imattached 
the pictures of my family so that you can have an ideal of who you are 
dealing with. 
 
    In view of my work schedule, i would want us to finalize basic 
arrangements.With this arrangement, my Trustee in the states,will be 
effecting your payment deposit to you. I believe we can work together 
and ensure every arrangements that we shall both execute in line with 
my taking up the tenancy should be done accordingly to ensure we have 
a proper understanding. 
 
 
                      Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. 
 
Prof Matthew Moreno 
Professor of Sociology 
University of Italian Studies for Foreigners of Siena 
University of Milan 
Department of Sociology 
Milano 
Italy 
Tel: 0577-240643 Cell: fax: 0577-281631 
 </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received this very same email on January 19, 2012. I replied with the requested information and received the following reply from the sender. I am very suspicious about this, so I found this bog on the web, and now will terminate the interaction and try reporting suspicious activity to someone (who?): </p>
<p>       I really appreciate your efforts to answer those questions as<br />
regard the house.. My Research project commence by 2nd of Febuary but<br />
I&#039;ll be in states on or before. It&#039;s an individual research to improve<br />
my knowledge and understanding on Crime, Delinquency &amp; Female<br />
Criminology. I want to compare and contrast Crime in the United states<br />
to crime in Italy and the rest of the world. I&#039;ll not be working with<br />
any Organization or group of people in the states except for my<br />
Respondents. I am a family oriented man with a very Good record and<br />
reputation.. I want to sign an agreement of 1yr with you and i am<br />
ready to offer you the first month rent fee + the first month security<br />
deposit fee to secure the house prior to my arrival to the states by<br />
Certified American Check, and on my arrival, i&#039;ll pay for the<br />
remaining 11months by cash. Forward the lease agreement/application<br />
form for my Review. In my opinion, appending signatories should be<br />
done properly and at best physically when i get to the states and also<br />
the back ground check. But i can assure you that i have a very good<br />
employment record. Forward your name, address and phone number for<br />
check payment. </p>
<p>I understand that the house is Unfurnished,  I&#039;ll be making<br />
arrangement with a furniture company over there in states to supply<br />
some exclusive furniture into the house, because transporting<br />
furniture across-board will not be easy and it&#039;ll be too expensive. I<br />
want you to send the measurement/dimension of each section of the<br />
house to determine the size and amount of Furniture that&#039;ll be supply<br />
into the house.  My Furniture company will fix a delivery date andtime<br />
that will be convenient and you&#039;ll be at the property on the delivery<br />
day to monitor the delivery and set-up of my furniture. For my flight<br />
booking, email me the nearest Airport close to your house or close to<br />
the property. I&#039;ll be responsible for all Utilities </p>
<p>Let us know how to move ahead as we intend to complete this deal<br />
before we move in by 29th of January. we will let you know the exact<br />
date as soon as we get a booking on a flight to the states. I want a<br />
less risk, fair,transparent and a hitch free transaction so imattached<br />
the pictures of my family so that you can have an ideal of who you are<br />
dealing with. </p>
<p>    In view of my work schedule, i would want us to finalize basic<br />
arrangements.With this arrangement, my Trustee in the states,will be<br />
effecting your payment deposit to you. I believe we can work together<br />
and ensure every arrangements that we shall both execute in line with<br />
my taking up the tenancy should be done accordingly to ensure we have<br />
a proper understanding. </p>
<p>                      Thank you for your understanding and co-operation. </p>
<p>Prof Matthew Moreno<br />
Professor of Sociology<br />
University of Italian Studies for Foreigners of Siena<br />
University of Milan<br />
Department of Sociology<br />
Milano<br />
Italy<br />
Tel: 0577-240643 Cell: fax: 0577-281631</p>
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		<title>By: Concerned landlord</title>
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		<dc:creator>Concerned landlord</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Got the same email from Professor Matthew Moreno wanting to rent...exact same emails as from above...emailed him back and said the dean from harvard university wanted to rent my place so he lost out. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Got the same email from Professor Matthew Moreno wanting to rent&#8230;exact same emails as from above&#8230;emailed him back and said the dean from harvard university wanted to rent my place so he lost out.</p>
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		<title>By: maja</title>
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		<dc:creator>maja</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 03:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I received this exact same message (found this page by googling the name of the hospital this person claims to work for) a couple days ago. Now the name is &quot;Michael Sailor&quot; (not even a good try at an alias ;) and the email address is sailormichael2@gmail.com. Feel free to email this person and tell them what you think of them. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received this exact same message (found this page by googling the name of the hospital this person claims to work for) a couple days ago. Now the name is &quot;Michael Sailor&quot; (not even a good try at an alias <img src='http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  and the email address is <a href="mailto:sailormichael2@gmail.com">sailormichael2@gmail.com</a>. Feel free to email this person and tell them what you think of them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got the exact same emails! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I got the exact same emails!</p>
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		<title>By: Marino</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marino</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I received this scam email regarding a rental property: 
 
Hello Landlord/Agent, 
 
    I am interested in your property posted for rent on craiglist. I want a long-term lease. Minimum of 1yr. Who pay utilities ? Is the property ready for move-in now ? If no, when ? Is the move-in fee negotiable ? Is the property furnished or unfurnished ? What is the footage i.e the measurement and i will appreciate more pictures because i am not available to come and view the property. I want to rent property unseen.  I will be moving in from Cardiff Wales. I have an exploratory research project to be executed in your area, tagged &quot; Socio-economic Factors Affecting Religiosity &amp; Crime Rate&quot; Your area is my study location and sample size, also my respondents are from there. You can see the urge and necessity of renting from you. Just for me,my wife and a daughter, no pet. Non of us smokes and no drugs. We have family values and socially oriented. 
 
 
Prof Donald McGregor 
University of Manchester 
Faculty of Social Sciences. 
Department of Sociology and Anthropology. 
Email: dmcgregorresearch1@ymail.com 
Tel: +447031976553 or 
     +447024065501 
 </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received this scam email regarding a rental property: </p>
<p>Hello Landlord/Agent, </p>
<p>    I am interested in your property posted for rent on craiglist. I want a long-term lease. Minimum of 1yr. Who pay utilities ? Is the property ready for move-in now ? If no, when ? Is the move-in fee negotiable ? Is the property furnished or unfurnished ? What is the footage i.e the measurement and i will appreciate more pictures because i am not available to come and view the property. I want to rent property unseen.  I will be moving in from Cardiff Wales. I have an exploratory research project to be executed in your area, tagged &quot; Socio-economic Factors Affecting Religiosity &amp; Crime Rate&quot; Your area is my study location and sample size, also my respondents are from there. You can see the urge and necessity of renting from you. Just for me,my wife and a daughter, no pet. Non of us smokes and no drugs. We have family values and socially oriented. </p>
<p>Prof Donald McGregor<br />
University of Manchester<br />
Faculty of Social Sciences.<br />
Department of Sociology and Anthropology.<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:dmcgregorresearch1@ymail.com">dmcgregorresearch1@ymail.com</a><br />
Tel: +447031976553 or<br />
     +447024065501</p>
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