Ryan Tooker

I just listed a property for rent in Sayreville, NJ. As always I post the listing on to various websites including Craigslist.com. Well, I received an email from someone who saw my post on Craigslist and this is what it said:

Hello
Am interested in your property listed for rent on craigslist
is it still available?
What is the available date when the property will be ready to move in
What is the address of the property
Regards

So I immediately made contact and told her about the property and that there has been a lot of activity so if she was interested she'd better make a move.

She then responded with this:

At this point I gave her a description of the property and sent the listing as I would to any client- in detail client view of course. She then writes this back:

After Reviewing the details on the Property,
i will like to go ahead with the renting process,
I want you to reserve the place for me.
As for the payment of the deposit and rent totaling $4000
also i will have an interior decorator put up the place for me prior to my arrival.
So do provide the below information for the deposit as i have asked my employer to

Name to issue the check to:............
Address:.............
Phone number(cell and land):............

I want the 12 month lease to start on January 1st 2009, i also want to notify you that due to the fact that i cannot view in person, i have in the mean time arrange with an interior decorator here in England who will be putting up the place for me and also handling the purchase of furniture,entertainment system, miscellaneous appliances that i will be needing in the property, they will as well be in charge of moving down my luggage down to the states.
Due to the time restrictions and days for a UK check to clear in the states, i have requested from my employers to issue my relocation grant in form of a cashiers check, because its easily cashed there in the US.
So a US check of ($9500) will be sent over to you which is the relocation grant by my employer, and all you need to do is to clear the check and deduct the deposit($4000) and you will handle the rest to the Decorators so i can have the place all prepared for my arrival. all other document will be signed as soon as i arrive.

About Me:
My Names are Adelaide Delma
Age: 28 yrs
Single
Non smoker
don't keep pets

Below are some references

Current landlord: Eric Rosenfeld
Address: 81 Waverley Rd
Bexley London, Uk
Email: erosenfeld33@gmail.com


Supervisor: Richard Webber
Address: 26 Austin Close
Thamesmead London
SE26 0DH
Tel : 01904282087
Email: r65webber@yahoo.co.uk

I look forward to your response
Thank You

Now, I immediately have a cause for alarm. There is no way I am going to give her my clients information without having something in writing. First, I write back to her saying that I need to see a credit report and also get employment verification. I then contacted the people she listed as references- neither of them responded via email or by phone. And then she never responded back to my email.

I contacted the company that she said she worked for in England... the company exists but they have no idea who Adelaide Delma is. I alerted them to the fact that I think someone is using their company's name as a part of a scam. I then typed in the name Adelaide Delma on Google and I found a few posts from other people warning about this person and that this might be a part of some type of SCAM!

They say the scam works something like this- the scammer takes on the persona of the landlord, relists the property with all of YOUR listings pics, but they put a lower than average price.... some unsuspecting renter sees a deal too good to pass up, they ride by your listing and see that there is a FOR RENT sign out front, they get into contact with them via email, send them money to secure it, and then the renter has nothing to show for it.

If you have any rental properties I think you might want to type in the addresses into some popular search engines and make sure no one is using your listing information to scam someone else out of some deposit money.

Plesae check and make sure your listings are not listed by some scammer!

After the New Year I have this great new listing that will be on the market. It is a newly update 2 bedroom,2 full bath home. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REMODELED! The builder truly took there time and made wonderful choices during the remodel of this fine South Amboy home.

Keep your eyes peeled, because once it gets on the market, it will probably be gone!

Hi,

I just thought I would throw this up on the South Amboy blog. Does anyone remember Bruce the DJ from the Rollermagic rollerskating rink days? He was always so cool to the kids and always took your requests. Those were the days, putting on your skates, taking a few falls, eating pizza in the caf

I would like to know if anyone has any idea what the names of the different sections of South Amboy are called. Some of the local historians have told me a lot of the old names, but before I give them out, I'd like to test your knowledge about our great town. Take a look at the map that I have included below. I have numbered each section. If you know the name of a section just comment back the number and the name.

Good luck!

I have been doing some investigating in to the Localism.com side of this website and I am noticing that Middlesex County isn't popping up under the popular county section of the website. I had searched the localism side before and I know for a fact it was there a few weeks ago. What is the reason for this? Is it because that there wasn't enough Activerain activity on the Middlesex county portion on Localism so it kind of gets pushed lower to the bottom?

I hope someone can explain this to me.

Thanks,

Ryan T.