Frauds on Craigslist

The following is of a dialogue via email I had with yet another fraudulent craigslist landlord. Out of the 30 or so emails i have sent off to adds for housing on craigslist, about 10 have not been frauds like this. I am not joking, i get the same recycled emails with different names each time i inquire about a property. So, I finally have had enough and responded to one of these vermin with the same candor and dubiousness that they schlep out! It begins with my inquiry then his response, then my concluding response. Enjoy!

Good morning,

My wife just emailed me the posting to look at -which we both really like- but I wanted to know where it was located generally (if you're uncomfortable giving specifics). We are looking for a place that has all the amenities mentioned in the add and would possibly like to see it this evening. 

Thank you, 

Jason 

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:20:58 -0700
From: wiegersabine@rocketmail.com
Subject: Re: Post on Craigslist
To: peetscafe@live.com

Thank you again for your email. Let me ad some other details.
There is also one parking space available. I accept pets (cats and dogs) in the apartment.
You will have in the apartment 2 br and one livingroom. It is furnished and also with all appliances in kitcen and bathroom.
If you have furniture or if you do not want to use my furniture I will remove mine and you will bring your own.
Right now i am in London  United Kingdom, i will be here for the next 3 years with business, i am looking for a serious person to move in the apartment right now and for long term and that is why i am rentig for this great price. I cannot come to the US to show you the apartment so the transaction will be done via an neutral company : PayPal.
It is located at : 1512 Larimer     Denver  CO 80202
2 Bedrooms, 2 baths, living room, 2 closets, over 1660 sqft, all bills included in the monthly rent of 750$ .First month's advance, $800 deposit. The monthly rent includes all utilities and amenities fees.
I will need your details where to send the apartment keys and rental agreement: Name, Address, City, Zip. I have nobody in the US that can show you the apartment, i am now in London  for the next 3 years, i can only rent the apartment using a third party neutral company: PayPal Transaction, they are the leader in payment transactions,offer Purchase Protection, recommended by eBay, accredited by the Better Business Bureau. They will hold the deposit from you until you have inspected the apartment, so you can take a look before committing to a lease. The keys and paperwork can be delivered at your address .
The transaction will be done via one of the most trusted names on the internet: PayPal.
PayPal is the nr1 option when paying on ebay, they are the lead merchant for credit card payments over the internet, the are accredited by the Better Business Bureau, and offer Purchase Protection .All this can be verified and is 100% legitimate.
They will be the guarantor for our transaction, so when you will send the deposit, they will hold the payment details until you have inspected the apartment. You do not have to commit to a lease if you do not want the apartment and in that case the deposit will be returned back to you the same day.
The apartment is very close, in walking distance to local transport, bus etc. has just been renovated, totally finished, flexible lease, is nice, clean, quiet, has all the facilities and the utilities anyone would need including electric Utility, Cable TV, 2 PARKING SPACES,  Air conditioning, high speed Internet, workout facility, well behaved pets are allowed. Maintenance problems will be resolved by a specialised company and i will be billed for any maintenance work that is done. You can also rent the apartment with your furniture, i have a spacious room in the building's basement where the furniture from my apartment can be stored, in case you want to bring your own.
The rent is for the whole apartment NOT just a shared room. This is not a sublease, etc, i am the OWNER. You can rent the apartment furnished and unfurnished.
Please tell me a bit more about you, i am looking for someone quiet, serious and responsible.
Thank you,
Sabine.
See pictures of the apartment bellow :

My response:

Hello Sabine!

How enchanting was indeed your email! Why, you use such great english, indeed! Well yes, my wife and I are very trusting people and put all of ourselves into everything we do! So, to see that you are looking for people such as us who are willing to risk everything on just a persons word, we were delighted! Now, considering that we are exceptional tenants and every landlord would want us to stay in their properties because we are so trusting, hard-working, reliable and honest, we expect the same from a landlord. You sound so honest and very likable, much like a landlord we want. You see, the whole relationship has been wrong since the feudal era of this wonderful world. The landlord should be the one chosen by the tenant and not the other way around. Why would I say such a preposterous thing? Because we are the ones living under your lordships care! And, since we have a choice, too, not being desperate individuals, we want to choose carefully who we pay our hard earned money to. That being said, in order for us to use the reliable and neutral third party of Pay Pal, and that, without any actual person here to show us into the property before we send our hard earned and pure money into your lordships hands, we would like a few things from you, too, to ensure that we want you over the property. And considering you comply with our requests as well, we will gladly entrust ourselves to you, including Prima Nocta with our fair maiden cow. 

Things we want from you:

Full Name:

Age:

Aprox. weight:

Height:

Home address:

DOB:

Passport number:

Social Security Number:

License number:

Major credit card numbers (only one or two with the highest limits):

Parents names:

Parents SSN(s):

Parents DOB(s):

All employers in last 10 years:

Supervisors names, addresses, SSN, DOB:

Your Car Make/Year:

License plate number:

VIN:

Now Sabine, this may seem a bit presumptuous of us, to ask all these personal details of your life which you guard and preserve as best as possible, no?

Well, perhaps you might consider that other people beside you feel the same way and don't necessarily like to willingly give away all that is dear and close to them with out first being reassured that the one their giving thus information to is them-self a worthy person. So, since we see eye to eye now, or vis-a-vis as your close neighbors would say, we can proceed and benefit from mutual stupidity!

Have a fine and splendid day, Lord Sabine!