I was looking to rent an apartment in Boston and found a very great deal on craiglist.com - http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/roo/4498915664.html. I've send an email and got an answer from John Glennard, that said he is the pwner, but right now he is in West Africa for a crusade and it's better to contsct his wife Mary Glennard which is in U.S, and has the keys. I've send her a couple of long emails thinking that it's all true. Then I was adviced by my friend to check everything well because it sounded to good to be true! And I found some complains by the photo they sent me, pretending it's the photo of thge apartment, because they changed the names and the story, but it's similar anyways.
Now they are a couple of Cristians - a husband that is in Africa for a "mission of God" at the moment and his wife that "had an accident which affected her hearing and her legs and she's currently on a wheel chair right now" and doesn't use a phone that's why she's always online". She asked me also to complete a form with my personal information. See below the copy of emails I've received from their emails - [email protected] and [email protected] .
"Hello,
Thanks for your email. I'm John Glennard the owner of the Apartment you are renting.Actually I resided in the apartment with my family for some months and we moved away due to my transfer from my working place, my apartment is still available for rent for $500 per month including the utilities like washer and security,it is furnished.Right now I'm in West Africa for a crusade and i would like you to get in touch with my wife in the United states for more discussion as she is with the keys and the documents to the apartment.Please I want you to note that,i am a kind and honest man and also I spent a lot on my property,so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this apartment and I want you to treat it as your own.I want you to keep it 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 want to have trust in you as I always stand by my words.Let us know how soon you are willing to move in. Email my wife Mary ,on ( [email protected] ) and she will attend to you better.
Mathew Bennett - John Glennard Reviews
I was looking to rent an apartment in Boston and found a very great deal on craiglist.com - http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/roo/4498915664.html. I've send an email and got an answer from John Glennard, that said he is the pwner, but right now he is in West Africa for a crusade and it's better to contsct his wife Mary Glennard which is in U.S, and has the keys. I've send her a couple of long emails thinking that it's all true. Then I was adviced by my friend to check everything well because it sounded to good to be true! And I found some complains by the photo they sent me, pretending it's the photo of thge apartment, because they changed the names and the story, but it's similar anyways.
Now they are a couple of Cristians - a husband that is in Africa for a "mission of God" at the moment and his wife that "had an accident which affected her hearing and her legs and she's currently on a wheel chair right now" and doesn't use a phone that's why she's always online". She asked me also to complete a form with my personal information. See below the copy of emails I've received from their emails - [email protected] and [email protected] .
"Hello,
Thanks for your email. I'm John Glennard the owner of the Apartment you are renting.Actually I resided in the apartment with my family for some months and we moved away due to my transfer from my working place, my apartment is still available for rent for $500 per month including the utilities like washer and security,it is furnished.Right now I'm in West Africa for a crusade and i would like you to get in touch with my wife in the United states for more discussion as she is with the keys and the documents to the apartment.Please I want you to note that,i am a kind and honest man and also I spent a lot on my property,so i will solicit for your absolute maintenance of this apartment and I want you to treat it as your own.I want you to keep it 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 want to have trust in you as I always stand by my words.Let us know how soon you are willing to move in. Email my wife Mary ,on ( [email protected] ) and she will attend to you better.
Same issue in Bay Area, CA rent
I've had the same problem with almost the same exact email sent to me about an apartment in Menlo Park California. Beware!