People are the same all over...

For example, all these kind, hardworking, not very available, busy busy landlords want one simple thing ~ namely '...just need someone (Students or Anybody working in a reputable organization to rent the bedroom) with an open heart, love and clean to occupy it and put all my worries off concerning the maintenance of the house.'

Copenhagen:  Andre John (‘I am into Real Estate and Civil

Just a reminder...

Any response from a scamlord that reads like this is not going to have a fairytale ending.  Thanks to Eliza for this copy and a reminder to really stop and think...

From: wilfredjane@ymail.com
Subject: RE: Apartment in London

Okay,i'll like to confirm if you really have the finance line up ready with the interest of renting my apartment before i travel down for the contract and

Still open for business...

Someone pointed out that I haven't done a posting since April and that it might appear that I have abandoned the blog.  Nuthin' further from the truth, folks...

I've been busy this spring and summer (and not feeling particularly creative with new articles however I'll try to rectify that shortly).  But the lists are up-dated several times a week and I would like to remind those passing through

Blunder Down Under

As I mentioned off and on in the earlier part of the blog, the Australian ads are just crawling with scammers. In fact, at one point, it was safe to estimate that over 95% of the ads being posted in Craiglist listings there were bogus. It may well be time for me to sit down and have a serious going over of that part of the world again.Anyway, thanks to a new Faker Street Irregular, we have a

A Rozario is a Rozario is a Rozario.... Unless it's not.

(Profound apologies to the shade of Gertrude Stein!)I thought the case of the mysterious Rozario Lorenzo had been laid to rest with my previous encounters but, lo and behold, a few days later I received another missive ~March 29, 2010Dear Quirked Eyebrow,I'm very glad I found your blog. The only record online that the person I'm dealing with is a scam is the email address s/he used that is listed

This which we call a Rozario, by any other name would smell as stinky

(With profound apologies to the shade of William Shakespeare...)So….A few weeks ago, I got an email from K saying that she had dealings with Rozario Lorenzo ~ rozario.lorenzo@yahoo.com aka rozario_lorenzo@yahoo.com ~ and felt that it was all too dodgy especially when Rozy was extremely insistent on using on Western Union, fading rapidly in the woodwork when K said she wanted to have a friend

What's wrong with this picture?

Think of it as a new game... :)£500 / 2br - Furnished 2bedroom apartment in London (London) Date: 2010-03-17, 12:41PM GMTReply to: hous-excmn-1647965105@craigslist.orgLOVELY FURNISHED 2BEDROOM APARTMENT IN London,THE APARTMENT IS VERY CLEAN LOOKING FOR A GOOD TENANT TO MOVE IN TO THE APARTMENT ,THE TENANT THAT CAN TAKE GOOD CARE OF THE APARTMENT IF YOU DO HAVE INTEREST YOU CAN CONTACT FOR