And you don't even have to send cash!

I found this in my mail this morning and just thought yah... yah... yah...

Being that this spam mail will reach out to however many gadzillions and may find it's way to some people who have been harmed through a scamming, I can see where those people might still be innocent enough to believe that this email may have some validity. In that way lies madness, folks ~ don't even go there.

And

Constructing castles in the air, no doubt...

There's so many landlords transferring to Nigeria to work that I am surprised to hear that they have unemployment problems there. Except in the crusader and missionary fields ~ they have *got* to be up to their hindquarters in those by now.I am so sorry for late response,it was due to my job,i have been busy here working..Good to hear from you and thanks for having interest in my place and is

Things you can do to help...

This came in my mail today and I thought I would post it cuz it's a pretty basic question:How could I contribute to the e-mail list of "nefarious characters"? Because I am looking for a flat in Geneva I have found some.I tried sending this response but it came back as undeliverable so here it is:Post them in the comments section as the information shows up in search engines. And, sooner or later

Let me hold that for you ~ Part Two

Once again Intrepid Renter has flushed out something interesting enough to post here.I think we've already established in our prior post that PayPal, Gumtree and Findaproperty.com aren't going to be the kinda resources to hold your money while you wait for an opportunity to inspect the apartments expecting to receive the keys from an absentee scamlord. Nor is it wise to think that wiring funds

Picture this...

There are some photos used by scammers I see over and over and over again which I'm just kinda sick of seeing at all. I thought I would post a few of 'em just for the heck of it.I'm also throwing in the odd one from current scam ads before I get tired of seeing them too. :)If you find yourself looking for an apartment and see these photos, flag the ad for deletion and keep looking. I don't

Let me hold that for you!

Intrepid Renter was at it yet again last week (he's such a scamp!) and received a response from yet another of our would be 'scamlords' regarding a place in Halifax.I may have sprained a brain cell or two trying to follow the convoluted sell job Scamlord was extolling but, thanks to Intrepid Renter's posting, you can now check it out for yourself...This is the ad:* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

STOP! DON'T DO IT!!!

Folks, sorry for the flashy thingie but I think that people really need to be aware of this and to think about what sort of personal information they are depositing on the internet or sharing with total strangers.Intrepid Renter wrote me today to say: 'Here's an interesting new scam. New to me, at least.'He had sent an inquiry regarding a rental ad on Craigslist asking for a bit more information