WARNING: new scammer Jude Wesley

Scammer Jude Wesley writes using email address wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com. He claims to have an apartment to rent in Paris  but writes from IP address 82.128.20.187, Nigeria Multi-links Telecommunications, a black-listed ISP in Lagos, Nigeria–known as a hotbed of scammers. Don’t fall for this scam!

Here’s the Craigslist ad:

EUR900 Furnished Apartment for rent in Paris France

Reply to: wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com
Date: 2008-08-04, 1:44PM CEST

Furnished apartment for rent in paris france,the apartment consists of a well furnished reception room,well utilized kitchen,3 bedrooms with sitting room , bathroom and toilet, with all home utilities,to have this apartment for rent email me wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com
 

Here’s the scammer’s reply to a request for photos:

From: Jude Wesley <wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com

Subject: Re: EUR900 Furnished Apartment for rent in Paris France

Received: Monday, August 4, 2008, 5:59 PM

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Here is the Part of the Apartment,,Hope to hear from you

again and let me know your Wishes about My Apartment..

Jude  

 

Fake apartment photo used in this Nigerian rental scam. The scammer claims to rent this place for the unbelievable price of 900 euros per month.

 

The scammer then gets impatient:

From: Jude Wesley <wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com>

Subject: Re: EUR900 Furnished Apartment for rent in Paris France

Received: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 8:36 AM

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Thanks for the message and here is An Apartment and are you

interest in my Apartment or Not

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Evidently, he’s mixing up Paris and some place in the U.S.:

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From: Jude Wesley <wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com>

Subject: Re: EUR900 Furnished Apartment for rent in Paris France

Received: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 1:45 PM

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Thanks again….My Apartment is located at

West River Road,Estate in Paris ,,Hope you going to like

something kool and silence place to Live and hope to hear

from you again 

 

 

Jude

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When asked to describe the neighbourhood, here’s what he had to say:

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From: Jude Wesley <wesleybrowns200@fastermail.com>

Subject: Re: EUR900 Furnished Apartment for rent in Paris France

Received: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 9:59 PM

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Thanks for the mail again,,,I want you to know that there isn’t any neighbourhood in an Apartment it’s just contain 3 bedroom together with Husband and wife only,,I built this house for me and my wife alone with my Daughter but fortunately i went for a Crusade in the West Africa and i will like you to get in touch with my wife in the USA Brooklyn in New York for more discussion as She is with the keys and the document to the house.Pls i want you to note that,I am a kind of Honest man and also I spent alot on my property that i want to give you for rent,so I will solicit for your absolute maintenance of the house and want you to take care of the house as your own,I want you to keep the house tidy all the time so that I will be glad  to see it neat when I come for a check up.I do that once in a while.I also want you to let me have trust in you as I always stand on my word. Email my wife Mrs Agnes Jude on agnesluvjude19@yahoo.com and she will attend to you better with more information…

Thanks and you are welcome.

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WARNING: scammer Chris Walters hits Craigslist

Scammer “Chris Walters” signs his messages “Sean” and writes using email address oceansdrive@yahoo.com. He offers a one-bedroom apartment in Paris for the unbelievable price of 400 euros per month. Don’t fall for it. As expected, this fraudster writes from IP address 41.219.223.29, based in Lagos, Nigeria. BEWARE!

From: Chris Walters <oceansdrive@yahoo.com>

Date: July 23, 2008 13:20:59 GMT+02:00

Subject: Apartment for rent in Paris

Reply-To: oceansdrive@yahoo.com

There is a large one bedroom for rent in Paris. It costs 400EUR per month and it is situated in Central Paris.  

The accommodation comprises of storage space, eat-in newly fitted kitchen with all machines including cooker, oven, microwave, fridge/freezer and washer/dryer; a fully tiled contemporary bathroom and a separate WC

The room is furnished with bed, dresser, desk, chair, and nightstand. It has WI-FI Internet service, telephone service and such a beautiful place to stay. The apartment will be available for rent for a long period of time.

Sean

NEW SCAMMER: Ginna Bruno targets Craigslist Paris

Ginna Bruno (ginnabruno@ymail.com) writes from IP address 82.128.33.30, which corresponds to ISP Nigeria Multi-links Telecommunications Limitedprovider Local Registry. She doesn’t have much to say, but her message says it all: THIS IS A SCAM!

Lovely two bedrooms apartment for rent if you have interst mail me for more details

 

BEWARE: Repeat scammer Oliver James hits Craigslist Paris

Oliver James writes from oliverj98@gmail.com. His stories are not very original, but he’s persistent:

Hello , 
I reside and owned a 2 bedroom apartment in  Paris France  but am presently in London with my family on an official trip. Am using this opportunity to inform you that i have a 2 bedroom apartment available for rent with a beautifully furnished rooms. It has all amenities including internet facility. The rooms are very peaceful and receives sunlight in the afternoons. you can contact me for more information and photo details

REGARDS
OLIVER JAMES

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On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:36 AM, OLIVER JAMES <oliverj90@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, 

Am Reverend James i reside and owned a two bedroom apartment in Paris France but am presently in London with my family on a Missionary Trip from my Church. Am using this opportunity to inform you that i have a two bedroom apartment available for rent with a beautifully furnished rooms. It has all amenities including internet facility. The rooms are very peaceful and receives sunlight in the afternoons. you can contact me for more information and photo details

REGARDS

REVEREND JAMES

He also runs the same scam in Amsterdam:

OLIVER JAMES <oliverj90@gmail.com

On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:09 PM, OLIVER JAMES <oliverj90@gmail.com> wrote:

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Hello, 

I reside and owned a 2 bedroom apartment in Amsterdam Netherlands but am presently in London with my family on an official trip.Am using this opportunity to inform you that i have a 2bedroom apartment available for rent with a beautifully furnished rooms. It has all amenities including internet facility. The rooms are very peaceful and receives sunlight in the afternoons. you can contact me for more information and photo details

REGARDS

OLIVER JAMES

NEW SCAM WARNINGS: David Halls, Judith Halls, Karret1

A parishousingscamwatch reader writes:

Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:10:51 -0400
Subject: Several Scams on Paris Craigslist

I am sorry to add to the list of scammers on Paris Craigslist, but I am trying to find a flat to rent there for the next year and I almost sent money to one of the three scammers I encountered.  I knew the deals seemed too good to be true, but I was hoping I had just gotten lucky.  DO NOT BELIEVE THE WEST AFRICA SCAMS!!!  Also, in Paris, a flat of 30 sq. meters goes for like 900 Euros/month, so when you read about anything that’s like 70 sq. meters or more in size and goes for 450 to 600 Euros a month, that is a huge red flag.  I’ve also noticed these scammers use gmail addresses frequently and they’re all claiming to work on a mission of some sort in West Africa.  If the pictures of the apartment look like they are from a magazine, they are!  It’s ridiculous. 

 
Read more here:

MARY GRAY, GUD LOOK & ANTHONY RUSSO: New scammers on the block

MARY GRAY writes from 24hrmary@googlemail.com offering her Mum’s duplex in Paris. The email contains poor grammar and spelling (a dead giveaway) as well as a reference to London (where the accomplice often collects your cash!) Mary doesn’t even make an effort to address the email due to the sheer volume of emails she sends out. **BEWARE** 

 

Dear,
     

I MARY GRAY, is using this opportunity to tell u that, my mum is having a duplex at Paris,due with the nature of her work they had to transfer her from Paris to London where she is presently living now,so she want to let the house out.i am the person in charge of the house,so if u are interested i will be expecting your reply. Thanks.

Best Regards
Mary.

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GUD LOOK keeps his email short and sweet. It lacks any detail on the apartment he has, because he doesn’t really have one. Gud Look emails from gud.look@yahoo.com, IP address 41.219.228.63: Nigeria Lagos Assigned to Lagos Dial-pool Customers. Watch your back! See email below:

 

Hello

i have a well furnished apartment to rent out now.and the apartment is well furnished,mail me back for more about the apartment Gud Look

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ANTHONY RUSSO, the latest of a long list of Craigslist Nigerian fraudsters, emails from rusanthony01@yahoo.co.uk IP address 41.219.209.65: Nigeria Lagos Assigned To Lagos Dial-pool Customers. While not brilliantly written, the email is not bad for one coming out of Nigeria. Don’t fall into the trap of believing it’s a French person with limited English! Be aware & stay alert! Read Anthony Russo’s email below.

 

Hi

IF You are still interested in renting an apartment or a room pls mail me back as soon as possible.for more details

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SHE’S BACK: Notorious scammer Sandra Roland resurfaces on Craigslist

“Sandra Roland” is a regular scammer on Craigslist and expatriates.com who claims to be a “Medical Humanitarian Nurse” in Nigeria searching for an apartment in Paris. Apparently she can speak English fluently despite sending a very poorly written email (a telltale sign!!) out to the majority of people who advertise Paris apartments on Craigslist. LOOK OUT for this one – while she may not be the smartest scammer around she certainly pops up everywhere!

This is the email that’s doing the rounds:

Hi,

Hello to You overthere and how is your weekend going? I saw your advert that You have a room available for rent and i am interested in knowing the availability of the place and i will also want to know more about the neighboourhood ,the place and the utilities included…?

I am Sandra Roland,a Medical Humanitarian Nurse ,and ve been involve since the past 8 years,taking care of the motherless babies,Homeless one and all of that,I am still kind of young because i just turned 27yrs old…I Can speak both english and french.,i love to live with clean people,caring,responsible,neat type. I’m 5″7′ straight,and i am in West Africa Nigeria now ,I will want to move by the ending of this month depending on the availability of the room ,I speaks english fluently,so we have no barriers I’ll let You know more about me if i am to rent this particular room that you have to offer

I will be anxiously waiting for your next email

Kind Regards

This “medical humanitarian nurse” also goes by several other aliases, including Whitney Brainard,  Staci Martin and Alicia Smith, Jeni Walcot, Tracy Fields, Diane or Dianne Jackson, Linda Quach, Melanie Bunton and Christine Burke.

The way this scam works is that the fake tenant offers to send advance payment for the rent, etc. What they actually do is send a counterfeit check (or counterfeit cash) for an amount that is greater than what they owe (usually along with some long-winded excuse about why they’re sending a larger amount). They ask you to deposit the check and wire them back the difference. Or sometimes they send you the check as payment, you deposit it, and they then say they they changed their mind about renting and ask you to wire them a refund. When you deposit the fake check, you bank may not know or inform you for several weeks that the check was fake and then you are on the hook for the entire amount. i.e. you’ve wired the scammer your own money.

BEWARE OF NEW SCAMMER: Dr Mark Dulle a.k.a Dr David Mac

Dr Mark Dulle claims to be looking for a place in Paris for an upcoming business trip but he is unavailable to look at the place as he lives in West Africa. He offers to pay by certified cheque….the old trick of paying too much using a fake cheque and then asking for a direct money transfer via Western Union for the difference. These guys are snakes – watch out! See email below:

- Message transféré de drdavidmac@yahoo.com —–

Date : Sun, 15 Jun 2008 09:44:21 -0700 (PDT)

De : Dr David Mac <drdavidmac@yahoo.com>

Répondre à : drdavidmac@yahoo.com

Objet : EUR600 room for rent in august

À : XXX.net

I saw the vacancy of your place on the Craigslist and I am interested 

in taking the place and for  the price  its ok by me…..I  want

to know if it is still available,if so you should contact me asap.I

am currently in West Africa I am coming to Paris on Business Trip,I

am a freelance writer,hope you like to rent to a foreigner?.Hence I

will not be able to be there for you to show me round the place. ,

but in the absence of that you can also describe the place as best

as you can to me.I will also want to know if the place is already

furnished because I had already booked for some furniture I will be

needing..Also i want  you to know that i’ll be paying  with

certified check as its the only way i can make payment now and 

please dont forget to reply with your

Full Name,

Home Address

Phone Number and Zipcode(poster code)

Dr Mark Dulle