312-857-3571

In reply back to a Craigslist ad, this person is impersonating "Tom Keens" and claims to have an apartment for rent; he in fact doesn't and will just try and fraud you out of a security deposit through money gram, uses the email address <famedxy@yahoo.com> :

My name is Mr Tom keen, I own the $920 per month apartment located at 3725 Henry Hudson Parkway, Bronx NY 1046. I am the chief technology officer at blue star energy. Chicago IL. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious about renting. My wife and I need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly, a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to NY for you to preview the apartment, sign the lease and move in only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture. All utilities are included in the rent.

312) 857-3571 for more information

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.


Regards,
Keen.
312) 857-3571

I am reporting about Tom Keen ,he did rob me .Tom Keen claimed to have an apt in Parkchester Bronx NY.At Metroplitan Ave Using the exact same advertisement above word for word, except he used the Parkchester Bronx location. After we came to an agreement he said he needed proof I had the money. He said he will fly down only if I make a Western Union Money Transfer.Under any relative or friends name as proof.,I had the money.Than he would fly down  after he checks my name & the senders name as proof  we have the money. After I took out the money transfer ( my stupidity ) under me & a friends  name.THE NEXT DAY $3,000.00  money transfer was gone Tom Keen Robbed me  !  He is for sure the son of a [***] !   He was using the web address   www.keentom96@yahoo.com
                         He used also   312 857 3571  he still answers to this number
Be careful of this mother less [***]  child  ! !  I seen more advertisements,he always uses addresses far

TOM KEEN  cant rob you if you use money orders.He will insist NO money orders,only western Union Money Transfer, DONT DO IT ! !  DONT DEAL with Tom Keen THEIF .Son of a slutty dog.DO NOT DEAL WITH HIM AT  ALL !  Hang up phone, dont waste your time ! Dont give him any of your personnal information !

He is a con artist, professionsal.He must have learned it at a family reunion in jail ! He is.raised by a motherless dog.His mother is a [***] dog ! I am sure he knows this ! He definetly heard that before!

Use all these resources to file a complaint:

Against his email address:

http://help.yahoo.com/l/aa/yahoo/mail/abuse.html

Against his craigslist posting:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/emailForm.cgi

Government complaint against his online scam and your monetary loss:

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx


Good luck, what goes around comes around.

<keentom96@yahoo.com> and <famedxy@yahoo.com> ; and the phone number 312-857-3571 are all scams; same person impersonating someone he is not and trying to scam hard working, honest people.

Smh I was surprised at first for an apartment to be so cheap in NYC luckily for me I always research! ! And I came across this page. (Almost scammed) 2nd to comment I can't thank u enough because of ur comment I knew this was bull. This impostor sent me the exact email word for word. For a second I was baffled and didn't want it to be true. Me and my family been struggling for so long and with the economy now a days you would think they give us a break and hard working people like this would not go thru this!!!!!  With people like (impostor Tom keen) running around something must be done!!

I pray this man is locked behind bars and I am truly sorry for everyone that has been scammed by this man. NO ONE SHOULD EVER GO THRU THIS!!

This is his latest scan info. He now changed his name to Sam lamb. Gues it's true anything that sounds good to be true just might be!!!My name is Sam Lamb, I am the owner of the apartment at 81 Metropolitan Oval #5D, Bronx NY 10462. The monthly rent is $800, security iS the same as rent $800.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Card Service at ATB Financial  , Calgary, Canada. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious. The initial plan was to sell the apartment. which we tried, but the Realtor inflated the prize hence taking more time to sell, because of this reason, we need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly ,a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the US for you to preview the apartment, only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture.
 
Call me on 3128573571 for more update.
 
THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)
 
Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Current Landlord Name:
Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Date of Birth:
Person to Notify in Emergency:
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.
 
 
 
Regards,
Lamb.
3128573571

It seems that Tom Keens is now masquerading as Sam Lamb as well. The emails are pretty much verbatim. Don't trust this guy. It's a scam. Here's his response to the email I sent him. And the email address he is sending emails from now is dayofhope001@yahoo.com

My name is Sam Lamb, I am the owner of the apartment at 212 East 13th Street #6A, New York NY 10003. The monthly rent is $1200,security iS $400.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Card Service at ATB Financial  , Calgary, Canada. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious. The initial plan was to sell the apartment. which we tried, but the Realtor inflated the prize hence taking more time to sell, because of this reason, we need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly ,a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the US for you to preview the apartment, only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture.

Call me on 3128573571 for more update.

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Current Landlord Name:
Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Date of Birth:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.



Regards,
Lamb.
3128573571

He is doing the same in Yonkers, NY under the name Wellington Holbrook. I know someone who was scammed once and needed to be at ease. I guess i was right to worry. Too much information just to look at an apartment without looking.

My name is Wellington Holbrook I am the owner of the apartment at 29 South 3rd Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11249. The monthly rent is $1150, security is $600. Presently, i am in Canada working as the Executive Vice President  and Retail Financial Services portfolios at ATB Financial, Calgary, Canada. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious. The initial plan was to sell the apartment. which we tried, but the Realtor inflated the prize hence taking more time to sell, because of this reason, we need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly ,a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the US for you to preview the apartment, only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture.

Call me on 3128573571 for more update.

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Current Landlord Name:
Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Date of Birth:
Person to Notify in Emergency:
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Wellington.
Call me on 3128573571.

Now is name is Wellington Holbrook

Now his name is Wellington Holbrook

i got the same reply email ...today ..by name Tom Keen..Lucky me i seach before i do stupid things. i got the add from the craiglist too...

thanks for the info ....

this is his email :


Tom Keen blendingpeace@yahoo.com

11:41 AM (4 hours ago)
to me


My name is Mr Tom keen, I own the $860 per month apartment located at College Point Boulevard Apt #7E, Queens NY 11354 ,I am the chief technology officer at blue star energy. Chicago IL. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious about renting. My wife and I need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly, a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the NY for you to preview the apartment, sign the lease and move in only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture. All utilities are included in the rent.

312) 857-3571 for more information

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.


Regards,
Keen.
312) 857-3571


beware....beware...

Thank you, thank you so so much, for the warning.  I answered his ad on Craig's List for titled "$1300 / 3br - GEORGEOUS THREE BEDROOM!! THE APARTMENT IS REALLY AMAZING!!! (Levittown)
as you can read below.  

I don't  give out personal information to strangers over the internet until I do my own research on a person who is inquiring about personal information.   So I googled the name Sam Lamb on the internet.  Everything looked good, a person by the name of Sam Lamb did verify that he is the Vice President of Card Service at ATB Financial.  Same city and country (Calgary, Canada).  I even looked up the address online a house appeared not an apartment which I thougt was strange(red flag).  I also think it is strange when so called professionals don't have spaces after a comma when they should be.  And when they write type a small "i" instead of a capital "I".  But that's just me.  So I was ready to email him when I saw his phone number so I googled that too.  I wanted to know where I was calling and low and behold I come across all these posts about a person by the name of Tom Keen who is a con artist.  Thank you for warning others of this con artist.  I pray that God in His way will restore to you the money that this person stole for you.  I also pray that the proper authorities will arrest this person and his destructive plans will come to an abrupt end.  Again, thank you all so much for your concern for your fellowman.   May God richly bless each and everyone one of you.  In Jesus name I pray.

This was the Craig's List ad I had answered.

My name is Sam Lamb, I am the owner of the apartment at 63 Carnation Road, Levittown NY 11756. The monthly rent is $1300,security is the same as rent $1300.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Card Service at ATB Financial  , Calgary, Canada. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious. The initial plan was to sell the apartment. which we tried, but the Realtor inflated the prize hence taking more time to sell, because of this reason, we need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly ,a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 1 month rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the US for you to preview the apartment, only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture.

Call me on 3128573571 for more update.

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Current Landlord Name:
Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Date of Birth:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.



Regards,
Lamb.

I am the real Wellington Holbrook.

These people are frauds located offshore (Africa I think) and they are trying to take advantage of people in NY and have been doing so for about a year.  I am quite frustrated about this as they are using my name for bad purposes.  I have reported it on anti-fraud international and I encourage you to look there for more details.

so sorry to hear that but if it is any consolation, it was because of your post and the others that were on google, I found out that it was a scam when I was searching for an apt. for my son.
this time he used Sam Lamb from Canada, A red flag went up when he emailed me back so fast and told me where he works, who cares?  was my thought, he was bragging, so I started digging on the internet and found these posts about the scam.    Thank you, thank you

I got email from this address: Tom Keen <blendingpeace@yahoo.com>,
a really bad person,
I'm posting his information here so more people can find this guy through google:
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My name is Mr Tom keen, I own the $980 per month apartment located at 366 Broadway #PH12C, New York NY  ,I am the chief technology officer at blue star energy. Chicago IL. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious about renting. My wife and I need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly, a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 2 months rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the NY for you to preview the apartment, sign the lease and move in only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture. All utilities are included in the rent.

312) 857-3571 for more information

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.


Regards,
Keen.
312) 857-3571

m Lamb houseoflove001@yahoo.com
1:28 AM (22 minutes ago)

to me
My name is Sam Lamb, I am the owner of the apartment at 38 Saddle Lane, Levittown NY 11756. The monthly rent is $1400,security iS the same as rent $1400.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Card Service at ATB Financial  , Calgary, Canada. I can come down to show you the apartment if i am convinced that you are serious. The initial plan was to sell the apartment. which we tried, but the Realtor inflated the prize hence taking more time to sell, because of this reason, we need a responsible person that will take very good care of the apartment. Most importantly ,a serious and trust worthy person who will be willing to pay the rent without delay.
Note; the move-in cost is the total amount of 1 month rent and a security deposit. As a very busy person I would only take my time to fly down to the US for you to preview the apartment, only if you accept to pay the above move-in cost after seeing the apartment.
FURNITURE : Apartment is fully furnished but if you are moving in with your furniture there is a storage room in the unit where you could keep our furniture.

Call me on 3128573571 for more update.

THE LEASE IS FLEXIBLE (3 MONTHS) (6MONTHS) (1YEAR) (2YEARS)

Get back to me with the following if you are still interested.
Applicant Name:
Number of Adults:
Number of Children:
Profession:
Number of Pets:
Home/Cell Phone & Work Phone:
Current Landlord Name:
Phone:
Address for Last one Year:
Date of Birth:
Person to Notify in Emergency
Relationship with this person:
Address of this person:
Phone number:
I look forward to hearing from you.



Regards,
Lamb.
3128573571