[Resolved]  Sulekha.com — nipun patel a scam. took $2500 from us and never responded

Nipun patel (Not sure if its him or another person who stole the id), claims he is out of state helping his sick father and will have his leasing agent get the keys delivered to us. However, on transferring $2500 to him he stopped responding. His phone number that he used was[protected]. His email id is [protected]@gmail.com. Please donot send any money to him. He is a fraud and a scam.

Here is his email (Including the address of the property) that he sent us, "i'm nipun i don't smoke nor drink, my apartment is furnished two bedroom apartment but am only renting a room with a private bath and toilet and you can make use of the kitchen as well, utilities included in the rent, located in sunnyvale. The reason why i am renting out the other bedroom is because currently am here in pa taking care of my sick dad the keys to the apartment are here with me which i will be sending over after we come to an agreement. I need a good tenant who can take good care of the whole apartment i will be here for 6 months before coming to occupy the second bedroom, you can google map the address to see the exact location if it works for you in order to forward the pictures of the interior in my next email, both terms are available and couple are welcome.

Address:
953 helen avenue sunnyvale, ca 94086"
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Mar 16, 2019
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Feb 13, 2019
Sulekha.com Customer Care's response
Dear User,

Hi,

Please pardon the delay in getting back to you. Thanks for bringing this to our notice. We are actually working on the spam filters, once implemented these issues will be sorted out.
Sorry about the inconvenience caused. We have blocked the below given id.
In the mean time you can read our scam info page to keep your sel[censored]pdated about scammers and be informed. http://us.sulekha.com/scams

Regards,
Sulekha Team
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Hi Sulekha Team,

I got scammed by this guy yesterday naming himself as NIPUN PATEL, I sent him 1750$.
I understand it is difficult from your side to track these issues, it would be great if you can add some verification mechanism to avoid people getting cheated like this.

He posted an Ad in Sulekha.com and later mailed me below:

"Thanks for reaching you and I look forward having you in my home.Below is my leasing agent bank details for payment to be done and get back with your slip in order to issue your receipt and finalize your move in.

Bank Of America
Acct Name - Precious Lawal
Acct no[protected]
Routine no[protected]
Checkings"

Thanks,
Sandeep

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