[Teacles]

I was scammed almost two years ago and my ID is still being used to do the same to other people. I am the real Louise Jane Millar.

I have reported this to the police, WU and the Home Office. There is still no further developments on the case. I have been advised to seek advice about sueing WU from the Home Office as they have been made aware of the scammers using my identity and continue to allow it.

If anyone has been scammed using my name please contact me... leez0110@hotmail.com. The more evidence the better.

There has also been suggestions of trying to get the press interested. If anyone can offer any help, please be in touch by email.

Cheers

[Teacles]

I am the REAL Louise Millar. I was scammed last year and I'm still trying to stop my ID being used on WU.

Please contact me at leez0110@hotmail.com if you are able to give me details of the ad, website etc. Cheers.

[MacKaris]

Thank heavens I found this thread. It did sound a bit too god to be true, that's why I got a wee bit suspicious. Anyway, I got these emails from the address Mary Mary [mary.andison1010@gmail.com]

[judy123]

Have been scammed by the same person and almost have lost my money. Thanks God MacKaris wrote this!!
I went a step futher and she send me lease agreement contract.

"Hello Barbara,

How are you ?Thanks for your interest,I've attached copy of my international passport and lease agreement contract prepared
by my lawyer and I want you to go through it carefully to study the terms and conditions.If you agree,sign the lease
agreement and send it back to me in other to sign my own part.You would make initial payment to confirm the reservation
and has to be paid to my lawyer, He prefer Western union money transfer because is safe,fast and convinient to send money.
The lawyer's info:Charles Ete, 168 Camberwell New Rd, London SE5 0RR.

Immediately ,He confirm your payment he will issue you receipt for the reservation.Please get back to me as soon as
possible so that I could be positive about the reservation and proceed to next phase of your rent.You can reach me on my
MSN messenger andison.mary@live.com

Have a nice week.

Regards.Mary"


DON'T SEND HER ANYTHING.

Right now he/she has a scan of my ID.
If anyone will be telling she's BARBARA CZEKAJ and want to rent you any property. IT's JUST A SCAM!!!

[futureworld]

I received the same e-mail by the same person.
It immediatly seemed conspicous and I checked her name and the images.
Strangly the images were all taken with different camera models and the creation dates or from 2005-2008.
I'm still in mail contact with this person - I wonder if she/he will order me to pay money. I asked for a meeting, but I doubt that she/he will agree. Lets see...

[montyzuma]

they will do the same as all the rest ask you to send money to your sister etc to show you have the money just let me see the w-u scan then they will steal the money

[baghee]

She's obviously a persistent scammer, as I received exactly the same email from the mary andison girl.

I got more than a bit suspicious after the second email mentioning the western union and decided to google her. This was the fisrt link to show up - hopefully, this will prevent people falling for the scam.

If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

[montyzuma]

unfortunately people get blinded by a bargain or are desparate and common sense goes out the window

[sandygina]

This smells like a fishy lil scam for us. We are desperately trying to get a perm roof over our head and it really does not help with people responding with these.

Gerry Smith (g.smith222@yahoo.com)
Sent: 17 October 2008 14:04:46
Reply-to: g.smith222@yahoo.com
To:

Thanks for your mail,yes i have 1bedroom House. it is located on Queens Road, Brighton, BN1 3XE., costs is 420Pounds/Month a this cost includes the utility bills, it is well Equipped with a
broadband Intenet, BT telephone service, Fireplace, Gas
Heating System, Shower, DVD,fredge/freezer,washingmachine and CDPlayer, TV E...t.c and
Well Furnished.with parking space with garden.
I am sure you love my Property.
Get back to know what you like to know about te property

Looking forward to read from you asap

Regard,

Gerry.

7024016639

--- On Fri, 10/17/08, Sandy and Gina <s16g25work@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

From: Sandy and Gina >
Subject: RE: Your Gumtree Brighton ad #29917354: PLEASE HELP AVERT A CRISIS
To: g.smith222@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 12:40 PM


Please could you forward more details, thank you.

> Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:21:41 +0100
> From: g.smith222@yahoo.com
> To: our email@hotmail.co.uk
> Subject: Your Gumtree Brighton ad #29917354: PLEASE HELP AVERT A CRISIS
>
> This email has been sent to you through the Gumtree system because you have selected to
> hide your email address in your ad:
>
> http://brighton.gumtree.com/brighton/54/29917354.html
>
> Is this email spam? Let us know here: http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/help.pl?f=1&s=19
> Is this email dodgy? Let us know here: http://www.gumtree.com/cgi-bin/help.pl?f=1&s=2
>
> Contact: g.smith222@yahoo.com
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Hi,
> I saw your advert and i decide to contact you cause i have a property to let out in your interested are but am only looking for a geninue and reliable tenant if you have interest you can get back to me for more details okay.
>

[justlikehoneyy]

[GAWA]

I received 3 emails from Mary. Felt like a scam straigt away. Sounded too good too be true... blonde air hostess n a beautiful flat!! haha... check out the emails... she even attached a sexy pic!


Hi, In regard of your Ad about accommodation in Aberdeen,I have two rooms available which is situated at Flat1 68 Union Grove,Aberdeen AB10 6SA at the heart of Aberdeen city centre.The room is £320/month inclusive.If you're still looking for accommodation,please don’t hesitate to get back to me as soon as possible for more info and pictures of the apartment.Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Regards,

Mary



Hello Andrew,

Thanks for the mail,The two rooms are still available for rent.The apartment is three bedrooms which is recently completely refurbished to a very high standard. Practically a brand new house inside, tastefully and stylishly furnished with parking space,I'm the only one staying in the apartment for now.The apartments is situated at Flat1 68 Union Grove,Aberdeen AB10 6SA at the heart of Aberdeen city centre.Close to Aberdeen Central Train Station,bus stops,5 mins walk from big Hazlehead Park,2mins walk to shops,tesco restuarants,2min to adsa and sainsburys',Aberdeen University,RGU,Pizza Hut, the Mall, Espionage, Society, Art gallery etc.Rent is very reasonable at only £300 per month including Gas,Electricity,internet,council tax etc and refundable security deposit of £300.See attached pictures of the apartment

Features and Sizes as follows:
Vacant Bedroom 1 (11*14ft) Room with built-in wardrobe unit and en-suite bathroom
Vacant Bedroom 2 (11*14ft) Room with built-in wardrobe unit and en-suite bathroom
My Bedroom (14.10 ft*16.6 ft)Room with built-in wardrobe unit and en-suite bathroom
Livingroom/Dinningarea (16.4 ft*18.2 ft).A bright and spacious,Sofas,tasteful
bespoke lighting,double windows and central heating,broadband internet and LCD.
Kitchen – (8.2 ft*6.10 ft) fully fitted kitchen with refrigerator,electric cooker,washing machine microwave oven

I'm Mary Andison from Sydney,Australia,living in the UK for the past 10 years,28 years old,Single,Cabin Crew with Ryanair.I'm easy going,down to earth that Love art,theatre,music,sporty and being active.Please let me know as soon as possible if you're still interested.


Regards


Mary




Hi Andrew,

Once again Thanks for your interest in my flat, I would like to meet you but I'm a very busy person and not in town right now. I'm here again in Cork Airport,Ireland as cabin crew.I could be back in two weeks time, but that would not stop your viewing and moving.

I would be sending you the apartment keys and necessary documents straight away .I understand your concern and accept that you have to see the flat first before any payment. But you would not be paying me a penny just now. You only need to transfer the security deposit and a months rent to any your friends, family, partner or co worker in the UK through any Moneygram outlet so that i can be sure that you are ready and capable to rent my apartment.If I could confirm the payment with Moneygram, I would Courier the keys and Documents to you immediately, If I cant get away from work.

Since the credit crunch a lot of wannabee tenants end up not serious nor capable of the rent. but I can place a bet you will surely like the apartment. Upon my arrival, you will sign the lease contract which will be prepared by my lawyer, pay
me the refundable security deposit and rent in cash when you have lifted it from the Moneygram. This is done for security of both parties since I am not in town and urgency may be involved.

I understand your situation right now and maybe we can work things out, but I need to know that I’m not going to waste my tight schedule. The transfer charges will be deducted from the first months rent .I have attached my international
passport with this mail because you will need to print it out, take it to my apartment with the documents and keys that I will send to you for your moving/viewing.Should you need more clarification, please don’t hesitate to get back to me as soon as possible,you can add me to your MSN messenger andison.mary@live.com for Talk and better understanding of each other.Await your urgent response

Looking forward to welcoming you into my apartment.


Warm Regards

Mary.

[Bluey]

Typical scam but I admire the way that 'Mary' gets around. If you google her email address, you will find that she was touting a flat in Bristol 3 weeks ago - see the post from Lollipoplucy here, plus this thread indicates different posts where she has different careers that keep her away from the pressing need to actually meet her prospective tenants in person.

http://forums.gumtree.com/post-2827287.html

[A-L-F]

This mary girl from syndey is definitely a scam, she recently stole 600 pounds from me when I used moneygram to transfer the money to my friend. I have reported it to police ansd they are going to try and track 'her' using cctv footage. Beware, trust no-one on gumtree!!

[robynt2009]

Hi I had emails of a women Leah Turdy Pires about a flat on converty road bulwell she told me she was in cambridge looking after her ill mother then my bf got a bit worried after she was saying that the only way we can show her that we are serious and we have the deposit is if we use money gram to send it to some one we know then show her the recipet

so we looked it up and came across this site and everything she had put in the emails was just like all these scams, she wouldnt give the flat number to us either but she did send through the tenacy agreement which did make me think she was serious

so i thought i would ask for a contact number to have a chat over the phone with her and she said that i was mad and a time waister

look out for her Leah Pires (brunswick1212@googlemail.com)

[FrenchConsortium]

an other scam is this agency : NEW WORLD ACCOMODATION !

They promise you wonderful properties, you finally will be in a flat with insalubrity...

and you can forget yor deposit at the end your stay. UGH

[katiebaby]

i have just posted a ad about something like this, where they wanted me to use money gram to send money to a friend, and after readin this now, obvz that is a scam too!!! annoying cus is a nice house

[KWL]

Hey... I stupidly fell partway for the McCugh Kathleen Bridget scam. I sent a scan of my passport, along with my phone number and adress, for the "tenancy" agreement. It wasn't until the next email asked for a western union transfer that I realized it was a scam.

My problem is, they have my passport and I'm afraid they'll use it to scam others. I tried not to panic first, but I have been monitoring my google searches... and today, a search for my name comes up in some sort of criminal database search, and it has my address and everything! I am freaking out that this is what people will see if they google me, and I'm sure it's related to handing my information to those scammers. What should I do? God I can't believe I fell for this.

[davideyeye]

hi everyone,

I will writte in spanish because if anyone search in spanish about this.

Mary Andison me intentó hacer lo mismo que a todos vosotros, incluso llegué a hablar con ella por Messenger y todo parecía muy bonito hasta que me pedio mucho dinero por adelantado, lo que me pareció sospechoso...
Mirando las fotos que adjuntaba se puede apreciar que el suelo de cada foto es diferente a las demas y esto me hizo sospechar aun más, con lo que llegué a este foto y me quedé flipando!!

Si quereís podeis dejarle algun comentario en facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1618460279&ref=ts

If you want you can writte in her facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1618460279&ref=ts

see you!

[kat0987]

This 'mary andison' scammed me just yesterday!

WU didn't act the way they were supposed to either as they handed the money over without 'mary' knowing the receiver's name. I never gave this information to her, just the reference number. And this was after I was assured by a member of WU staff that someone can pick up the money only if they show government issued ID.

Police will do nothing about it on my behalf as they say it is up to WU to investigate and involve police if they want to do so.

[k_winter83]

i wish i had seen this, just found out last night that we have been scammed and we sent over $1500 australia. she sent fake passport and fake contract documents from the lawyer reid sinclair and co, who knew nothing about it. do not send money!!

[Mr_X]

Yet all the scam ads keep coming up and a lot of them in the Featured Section.

[tammaak]

Hi what do you think about this ad? Can I trust it?

[tammaak]

[tammaak]

Here is my reply to that email message:

[tammaak]

Here is the ad poster's reply: