Rental Scammer - [email protected]

This same flat scam has reduced in price and is only £480 per month! Exact same wording in email i received from Alden Marton [email protected] who is living in Denmark. He only wants 2 months rent in advance plus deposit.
View the amazing flat which is all inclusive at Bristol Gumtree Ad ref 105966946
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emails received:

Hi, I am not able to find your emial here, please get back to me at aldenmarton at gmail . com if you can see this

Thanks

stupidly i fell for this first email sent via gumtree and that was it they got me and my email

Hello,
My name is Alden, I am from Denmark and the flat is still available for rent. It was redecorated last year, is looking very nice and clean, has a fully furnished kitchen, clean and well tidy sitting rooms, laundry room and fully furnished with home utilities like: electric shower, Lounge,Vacuum Cleaner,Toaster, Owen and microwave, dryer, iron, washing machine , refrigerator , dishwasher, power shower, heater, cable ready,TV set and DVD player, Internet connection, equipped kitchen and everything a house needs. I m interested in finding someone clean who can take care of this house more then getting money from renting it if you know what I mean.
. The price I want is £480 per month, bills included and I am interested in a long term agreement, minimum 6 months !
If you are decided to view the flat and have the money I could come in the next few days to show you the apartment and maybe sign the tenancy agreement if you like my flat (I am sure you will love it) but first I have to be sure you really do need a place to live because two weeks ago a person told me he is really interested and he asked me to go to Bristol to meet him and sign the tenancy agreement and when I arrived there no person showed up to rent my place and I lost time and money for nothing. Please accept my apologies if I am rude but I hope you will understand me!
I will wait for your e-mail,

"Hello,

I will attach some pictures of the flat,floor plan and also a model of the rental contract! The flat is located on 37-39, Baldwin Street, BS1 1RB but I can`t give you the exact address because there`s no one living out there and I`m afraid of thieves and I do apologize for this but I hope you understand me because I`m in Denmark right now! The property comprises reception room, kitchen with washing machine/tumble dryer, master bedroom with fitted wardrobes and en suite bathroom, second bedroom with fitted wardrobe and bathroom. Parking place is included too!

In the kitchen there is a dishwasher and also a Big fridge freezer! Regarding the council tax I can tell you that it is included in the price of £480 per month and also Sky TV,internet broadband,gas and electricity are also included in this price! I am interested in a minimum six month agreement and I request two months rent in advance plus the equivalent of one month as a refundable deposit which you will get back at the end of the contract.

Regarding the plumbings and all that kind of stuff I can tell you that the flat was recently renovated and all electrical part and plumbings are new so that won`t be necessary any repairs anyway I have a person who can manage this starting from August.
We can sign the rental contract starting from next weekend but I need to be sure that you have serious intentions in renting the flat that`s why I attached here a model of the rental contract and also we can discuss the terms when we will meet!
If you are decided to view the flat let me know because there is another person interested in reserving it!"

"Hi,

The tenancy agreement is a standard one and we will modify it when we will meet in person! I have attached the files once again! I can come only in weekends and I need to know how many persons will live in the flat! I also need you to confirm if you will have the funds ready(two months advance rent and one month deposit-£1440) on Sunday at the time when we will meet for a view because I don`t want to make two trips from Denmark just to show you the flat!

Regards "

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this is the last email... as expected...
Hello,
I have the money from my passed away aunt and its a family memory! I am living in Denmark and I am looking for a responsible person who could take care of the flat more than getting money from rent! We could meet and maybe sign the tenancy agreement this Sunday but you see these is due to previous predicament that I have gone through in the past trying to rent the property to some students,I have got to realize so many people are not really in need of an apartment all they do is secure a place in advance, My last experience in trying to rent the property to a particular lady had got me topredicate on these,she made me believe she was willing and ready to get the apartment she even went to the extend of showing me her statement of account,which made me took her for the viewing but after taking her for the viewing,she saw the apartment and got to love it and never wanted to loose it,so she kept pleading i retain it for her because she is not financially composed at the moment,which i did but end up disastrously.
So basically for me to be sure of you been willing and ready to get the apartment I will employ you walk into any Western Union agency and send the total bill cash £1440 (two months rent and one month refundable deposit) to your partner's name (NOT to ME) or your partner can send it to you with location of Bristol or any other city in UK,All I need is for you to get back to me with the receipt issued to you after making the transaction so I can confirm it! When we will meet in person to sign the papers we will go together to Western Union and you will withdraw the cash and pay me in hand or you can pay me on Monday by bank transfer! I just need to see that you do have the money available and you do have serious intentions in renting the flat! If the Western Union agent will ask you about the receiver you should tell him that is a relative of yours because the transfer fees will be cheaper! If you will tell them the reason they might consider this a commercial transaction and charge you more. Anyway I will pay for it either you take the flat or not! I will book the flight for Sunday as soon as I have your positive answer !
I do apologise for that but as I told you last time when I arrived to Bristol to show the flat to a person everything was a stupid joke and I hope you understand me because I don`t want to waste my time and money on plane tickets..
Regards