Comments on: An Internet Scam, When To Listen To Your Emotions, and Africa http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Stephanie http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Stephanie Mon, 31 May 2010 01:09:10 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-1648 Thank you so much for posting this. I've received a very similar response from a craigslist ad I responded to. I hate that people are preying on people's desperation for a better place to live. Here's the one I received. Hello, God bless you for your interest about my Single Family House, 2 bedroom , Bathroom: 1 , Sq feet of 1,300 ,yes is still available for rent and am sorry for the late reply . I am renting this house to a responsible and neat person or family who has the fear of God and treat my house as his or her own.Presently I and my husband have work for USAID. USAID works in agriculture, democracy & governance, economic growth, the environment, education, health, global partnerships, and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries to provide a better future for all. US-AID still faces an uncertain future. In many developing countries, HIV/AIDS and health issues are having a dramatic impact on social cohesiveness and economic strength, blocking the very development goals we seek. Virtually all the new democracies in the world today are fragile; others are democracies more in name than substance. Nearly a quarter of the people living in developing countries, or about one billion people, live in absolute poverty.. There are a host of other threats - ranging from terrorism to infectious disease and violent conflict - that challenge us and the developing nations we seek to help.Here is USAID Web address:-http://www.usaid.gov USAID efforts to foster world-wide economic growth and increased trade,and tackling cross-border issues such as the spread of HIV/AIDS and trafficking in persons..To safe the live of peoples from primitive death that claims the souls of younger ages as a result of casual sex gave us transfer to UK and we will be away for 6 years or more and this is why we are actually renting out house,so if you are interested and will take good care of our house then we will be ready to accept you as our future tenant and family friend. If you really impress me by taking good care of our house then you will be allowed to stay as long as you wish okay. This is the address of the Single Family House ,Address: 12...... So get back to me on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting home. Hope you are okay with the price of $700/month, $450 for security deposit and pet deposit of $80. PETS ARE WELCOME! I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP so that i can forward you an application to fill out and discuss on how to get the house for rent and also are you ready to rent it now or when? Await your reply. Thanks. Angel and Leonor Cisneros Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve received a very similar response from a craigslist ad I responded to. I hate that people are preying on people’s desperation for a better place to live. Here’s the one I received.

Hello,

God bless you for your interest about my Single Family House, 2 bedroom , Bathroom: 1 , Sq feet of 1,300 ,yes is still available for rent and am sorry for the late reply . I am renting this house to a responsible and neat person or family who has the fear of God and treat my house as his or her own.Presently I and my husband have work for USAID. USAID works in agriculture, democracy & governance, economic growth, the environment, education, health, global partnerships, and humanitarian assistance in more than 100 countries to provide a better future for all.

US-AID still faces an uncertain future. In many developing countries, HIV/AIDS and health issues are having a dramatic impact on social cohesiveness and economic strength, blocking the very development goals we seek. Virtually all the new democracies in the world today are fragile; others are democracies more in name than substance. Nearly a quarter of the people living in developing countries, or about one billion people, live in absolute poverty.. There are a host of other threats – ranging from terrorism to infectious disease and violent conflict – that challenge us and the developing nations we seek to help.Here is USAID Web address:-http://www.usaid.gov

USAID efforts to foster world-wide economic growth and increased trade,and tackling cross-border issues such as the spread of HIV/AIDS and trafficking in persons..To safe the live of peoples from primitive death that claims the souls of younger ages as a result of casual sex gave us transfer to UK and we will be away for 6 years or more and this is why we are actually renting out house,so if you are interested and will take good care of our house then we will be ready to accept you as our future tenant and family friend. If you really impress me by taking good care of our house then you will be allowed to stay as long as you wish okay.

This is the address of the Single Family House ,Address: 12……

So get back to me on how you could take care of our house or perhaps experience you have in renting home. Hope you are okay with the price of $700/month, $450 for security deposit and pet deposit of $80.

PETS ARE WELCOME!

I am looking forward to hear from you ASAP so that i can forward you an application to fill out and discuss on how to get the house for rent and also are you ready to rent it now or when?

Await your reply.
Thanks.
Angel and Leonor Cisneros

]]> By: Aaron http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Aaron Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:04:27 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-1233 Rentals.com has seen a large increase in fake postings on their site. The have actually just hired someone specially in charge on clamping down on these matters. Rentvine has done the same. <a href="http://www.azrentalhomes.com" rel="nofollow">Rental Homes in Arizona</a> Rentals.com has seen a large increase in fake postings on their site. The have actually just hired someone specially in charge on clamping down on these matters. Rentvine has done the same.

Rental Homes in Arizona

]]> By: John Hoff http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-512 John Hoff Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:30:43 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-512 Hi Vince. The images came with a WordPress plugin Keith Dsouza from <a href="http://techie-buzz.com/" rel="nofollow">Techie Buzz</a> made for me. He was using it on his blog for a time and I really liked it and asked if I could get a copy, so he coded up a plugin and sent it over. This was about a year ago or so. Hi Vince. The images came with a WordPress plugin Keith Dsouza from Techie Buzz made for me. He was using it on his blog for a time and I really liked it and asked if I could get a copy, so he coded up a plugin and sent it over.

This was about a year ago or so.

]]> By: vince http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-511 vince Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:50:27 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-511 i was wondering where you got those round logos specialy the technorati one. i would apreciate it if you could tell me that because i ordered a logo from a design studio and it is very similar!! thank you, vince i was wondering where you got those round logos specialy the technorati one. i would apreciate it if you could tell me that because i ordered a logo from a design studio and it is very similar!!

thank you,

vince

]]> By: John Hoff http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-510 John Hoff Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:24:30 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-510 Hello Laura. My pleasure and I'm glad to see this article is actually helping people out there. I've actually received a few emails lately with people thanking me for posting this. Luckily, my blog ranks decent in Google searches and I've been watching my statistics. And you know what, I'm getting quite a bit of traffic from people searching the property address and this guy's name. I'm glad this article is being helpful. Take care, John Hello Laura. My pleasure and I’m glad to see this article is actually helping people out there. I’ve actually received a few emails lately with people thanking me for posting this.

Luckily, my blog ranks decent in Google searches and I’ve been watching my statistics. And you know what, I’m getting quite a bit of traffic from people searching the property address and this guy’s name.

I’m glad this article is being helpful.

Take care,
John

]]> By: Laura http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-509 Laura Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:08:46 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-509 I've been conversing with a gentleman, about a house for rent in my town, via email. A similar story. He and his family just left for a missions trip to Africa and they did not have time to get their house rented before leaving. Throughout our emails I remained guarded, but hoped that it was all going to work out. My family and I really need to find a new house, we have outgrown ours and are not quite ready to buy. This house seemed like such a great deal and it would have been totally perfect for us. I double checked the address with the owners name, and it match the name of person emailing us. And, there weren't any articles relating to the man's name (about a scam or anything). So, I kept my fingers crossed that it would all work out. After all of the preliminary "getting to know each other" emails, he told me how to get the deposit to him... That's when it happened. He gave me the information that I would need, to send him the money via Western Union. Instead of the home owner's name, he put "Eric Neville". This threw up a major neon red flag in my brain and I started doing some research. That's when I found this blog. I emailed him asking why I would send the money to Eric Neville. He got right back to me and said that Eric Neville is his attorney. But I could also send the money in his name. I'm not sending him anything. After reading this article I'm confident that it's a scam. Thank you for possibly saving me a lot of money. I’ve been conversing with a gentleman, about a house for rent in my town, via email.

A similar story. He and his family just left for a missions trip to Africa and they did not have time to get their house rented before leaving. Throughout our emails I remained guarded, but hoped that it was all going to work out. My family and I really need to find a new house, we have outgrown ours and are not quite ready to buy.

This house seemed like such a great deal and it would have been totally perfect for us.

I double checked the address with the owners name, and it match the name of person emailing us. And, there weren’t any articles relating to the man’s name (about a scam or anything). So, I kept my fingers crossed that it would all work out.

After all of the preliminary “getting to know each other” emails, he told me how to get the deposit to him… That’s when it happened.

He gave me the information that I would need, to send him the money via Western Union. Instead of the home owner’s name, he put “Eric Neville”. This threw up a major neon red flag in my brain and I started doing some research. That’s when I found this blog. I emailed him asking why I would send the money to Eric Neville. He got right back to me and said that Eric Neville is his attorney. But I could also send the money in his name. I’m not sending him anything. After reading this article I’m confident that it’s a scam.

Thank you for possibly saving me a lot of money.

]]> By: John Hoff http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-508 John Hoff Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:50:22 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-508 Yeah these scam artist have no shame, that's for sure. They'll play on your religion, faith, logic, etc. Your friend is a smart person. When it comes to investments, they are just tools to use to create wealth. Yeah these scam artist have no shame, that’s for sure. They’ll play on your religion, faith, logic, etc.

Your friend is a smart person. When it comes to investments, they are just tools to use to create wealth.

]]> By: Barbara Swafford http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-504 Barbara Swafford Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:35:25 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-504 Hi John, I recently heard about this alert on craigslist. It's sad how some get scammed, but like you said, we do need to be cautious and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. We have a friend who always says, "never get emotionally attached to a house or a vehicle". He practiced what he preached and made tons on money on both. But, like you said, it's easier said than done. <em>Barbara Swafford's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bloggingwithoutablog/DWWZ/~3/393900594/' rel="nofollow">NBOTW - Determined To Be The Best</a></em> Hi John,

I recently heard about this alert on craigslist. It’s sad how some get scammed, but like you said, we do need to be cautious and if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

We have a friend who always says, “never get emotionally attached to a house or a vehicle”. He practiced what he preached and made tons on money on both.

But, like you said, it’s easier said than done.

Barbara Swafford’s last blog post..NBOTW – Determined To Be The Best

]]> By: The WHO Rental Scam « Rental Scam Information http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-505 The WHO Rental Scam « Rental Scam Information Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:42:37 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-505 [...] September 15, 2008 in Known Rental Scammers, Rental Scams The Scammers are using the WHO (World Health Organization) to scam out renters. Read more on this scam here. [...] [...] September 15, 2008 in Known Rental Scammers, Rental Scams The Scammers are using the WHO (World Health Organization) to scam out renters. Read more on this scam here. [...]

]]> By: John Hoff http://wpbloghost.com/blog/an-internet-scam-when-to-listen-to-your-emotions-and-africa/comment-page-1/#comment-506 John Hoff Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:02:32 +0000 http://wpbloghost.com/blog/?p=207#comment-506 Ah that sucks! Life definitely teaches us lessons, doesn't it. In fact, I've been brainstorming an article about how my good upbringing and honesty has made me gullible in my life. I usually see the good in people and when people rip me off, well my brain doesn't work that way so I "use" to be easily duped. No more, though. I've lived many life lessons. Ah that sucks! Life definitely teaches us lessons, doesn’t it.

In fact, I’ve been brainstorming an article about how my good upbringing and honesty has made me gullible in my life. I usually see the good in people and when people rip me off, well my brain doesn’t work that way so I “use” to be easily duped.

No more, though. I’ve lived many life lessons.

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