Be careful when renting an apartment - Most likely IT'S A SCAM!

Dear people,
I need to share this with you... :quite: :quite:

Few weeks ago I found an ad of a nice furnished apartment to rent. (The photos he sent to me were amazing - too perfect.) So I send them an email to get more info about the place. And the man wanted me to pay the deposit before renting the place out!
I checked his profile on the website and found out that IT'S A SCAM! See this: http://www.expatforum.com/expats/dubai-expat-forum-expats-living-dubai/4...

[b]Please be careful - This world is becoming worse and worse![/b]

Please find his sweet 1st email below:

[i]Dear Xxx,

Thank you for the interest showed for my apartment. For better knowledge of my property, along with the pictures, please note that the apartment resides in Xxx Tower - Dubai Xxx with Full Xxx View, its approximate surface is of square feet 1280 and has 1 living room, 2 bathrooms (1 bathroom en suite), 2 bedrooms and 1 kitchen. Both of us will establish from the beginning the rental period, which can be anywhere between 3 and 36 months.

The kind of tenant I am looking for must be above all very responsible and preferably dynamic and communicative. The monthly rent is AEDXxx which does not include utilities. You also have one parking space reserved for your use. You can rent my apartment for you alone or for you and your family or friend.

The reason for which I am renting my apartment is that I had to work in another country, which is Wales, for 6 months initially (I'm working in the renewable energy field), but now I learned that my job will continue for at least 36 more months in the current location. I have already made permanent living arrangements here for me and my family, therefore we decided to put our apartment in Dubai up for rent. To this purpose, I entrusted property-today.com, which is a well known portal for rentals in Wales and also manages overseas transactions, with the ownership contract, the access keys into my apartment, the tenancy contract and the insurance deposit. I have already paid all fees, so you won't have to pay anything extra.

If this is of interest to you, please contact me as soon as possible to manage all the rest of the details.

While waiting for your response, please receive my highest consideration,

R[/i]