I had recently put up a wanted ad for an apartment in the city.  Had a few legit responses this morning and then I get this email from a fella who goes by the name “Asif”.. heh.

So we send a few emails back and forth – then he pops up on XMPP, I accepted not knowing who it was.  I decided to blog it in hopes  to make others aware (I have been fooled before).  Now I would usually leave out personal information but this was clearly a SCAM!

Here is the conversation :

This gets better.

If you read within the convo he states that it is him sitting in his bedroom – I decided to investigate further…

Not only do the pictures of the place make it impossibly priced (just happened to be the exact amount I was looking to pay) – the guy was adamant about sending his ID and proving who he was – the damn pictures didn’t even match!  The guy in the bedroom looks like Gates!!

Be careful – pay close attention to detail and never trust a man trying to rent his place from overseas.

Do you think this is a scam? Let me know.