3128573571

New Message as of Today 5/8/12

My boss and girlfriend told me this is a scam.  Glad I asked around first before I gave out infomation.


My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 205 East 22nd Street #3A, New York NY 10010. The monthly rent is $800,security is the same as rent $800.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571

I knew it was too good to be true, so i decided to google his name and this is what i found. Thank you guys for this information, if not he would have gotten away with my money. I am happy it didn't get any further than that. wooooow



My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 731 West Ferry Street #5H, Buffalo NY 14222. The monthly rent is $500,security is the same as rent $500.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571

My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 26 Smokey Ridge Road, Plattsburgh NY 12901. The monthly rent is $650,security is the same as rent $650.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,
Edward.
3128573571

So I guess he is using Edward Straw now.  It is so frustrating trying to find an apartment.  I wish craigslist would do something about this already.


My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 545 Washington Avenue #604, Brooklyn NY 11238. The monthly rent is $870,security is the same as rent $870.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571

I called the number to have some fun with him, but got a voice message.  Sounds like someone with an African accent, trying real hard to speak slowly and clearly.   Lol.  We should all blow up his phone.

Here is the [***] latest SCAM ....

My name is Steven Fedorchuk  I am the owner of the apartment at 120 Theresa Boulevard, Binghamton NY 13901. The monthly rent is $550, security is $500. Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice-President, Customer Care Centre & Direct Sales 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,
Steven.
Call me on 3128573571.

He is a black male who lives in Chicago area. Neither Steven Fedorchuk or owners of home knew what he was doing.



My name is Steven Fedorchuk  I am the owner of the apartment 302 Dickson Point Road, Plattsburgh NY 12901. The monthly rent is $530, security is $500. Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice-President, Customer Care Centre & Direct Sales 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,
Steven.
Call me on 3128573571.

omg i am soo scared right now i answered the same exact add, i am dealing with the guy right now i sent the money yesterday, i just sent my friend to pick up the money to make sure it is still there. wish me luck. he goes by the EDWARD STRAW, my friend told me not to deal with africans and i didnt listen i hope its not too late

Hi Everyone.  
I am the real Edward Straw and yes someone is using my name to adverise an apartment fraudulently on Craig's List.  He has been using the name of many of the exectutives from my company.  We have made legal attempts to have it stopped but for some reason have been unsuccessful thus far.  Craig's List says that they don't have the ability to track ads by phone number.  

I hope that no one else loses any money to this loser!!

Maybe we should all start calling this number over and over again, leaving lots and lots of messages to tie up his phone. I just spoke to him and he doesn not have a very good grasp of English. If it was a fax number we could have lots of fun sending thousands of pages to him!!

From: Edward Straw <goldenplanetxy@yahoo.com>

My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 5352 State Highway 56, Potsdam NY 13676. The monthly rent is $520,security is the same as rent $520.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571

My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 11 Oneill Drive, Oneonta NY 13820. The monthly rent is $600,security is the same as rent $600.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571


--- On Wed, 6/6/12, Savanna
He actually still thinks we're interested.. I called the police but they're giving me the run around. I feel like this would be a good opportunity to catch this guy because he's been texting and calling my phone!

Our instincts prevented us from pursuing this much further than the initial contact and because of our instincts, we decided to investigate via the internet and our concerns were affirmed.  It's a scam.  Where can this guy be reported and I wonder if the REAL Steve Fedorchuk knows he is being impersonated?

I got this meesage after I tried to rent an apartment 06/22/12. I tried to find this person through google and found Edward Straw profile which seems to me the real person ( may be he don't know) this scam is going around through his name.

My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 5 Windham Loop #5J, Staten Island NY 10314. The monthly rent is $860,security is the same as rent $860.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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,
Edward.
3128573571

Dear Mr Edward Straw,

 

2nd email after my reply:

Utilities are included in the rent. Should any problem arise, i will provide you with the information of a maintenance company that handles it. The 2 months rent will cover your first 2 months stay in the apartment, while the security will be refunded to you upon moving out. Meanwhile, i will provide you with my bank account after we must have signed the lease so that you can be paying the monthly rent through the bank account. We highly appreciate the high level of seriousness on the apartment. Because of this, we have decided to rent the apartment to you with out asking any further questions. My wife was very excited that you are going to become our first tenant. The utilities are included in the rent.
I want to be sure you have the money at hand before flying down to the US , like i mentioned in my previous email, I am a very busy man and will like to be sure before taking the risk.
TO AVOID MULTIPLE CANDIDATE: We will remove the ad from www.craigslist.org
As soon as I hear from you I will let you know my flight schedule.

Regards and God bless.
Edward.

now he is going by the name Edward Straw- he was offering up too good of a price on craigslist and it was just fishy. I called him back after reading these previous posts regarding the fraud phone # He has and middle eastern accent and asked who i wanted to speak with (multiple identities)

"My name is Edward Straw, I am the owner of the apartment at 125 East 12th Street #2H, New York NY 10003. The monthly rent is $820,security is the same as rent $820.Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice President, Strategic Business Solutions 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."

His name is Edward Straw now, almost got me, lucky L looked up the phone number when the area code did not sound right.

Here is his recent email. I almost got fooled but I saw this webpage while my bank-to-western-union transact was still pending. Thanks to you guys who have been posting this.

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My name is Steven Fedorchuk  I am the owner of the apartment at 51 Plains Drive, Oneonta NY 13820. The monthly rent is $525, security is $500. Presently, i am in Canada working as the Vice-President, Customer Care Centre & Direct Sales 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,
Steven.
Call me on 3128573571.

I just wanted to say that he almost got a family member of mine. We responded to an ad of his and he was using your name Edward Straw. We went and looked at the house without him obviously and it all seemed to good to be true so we did some more research and my family member found these posts. We didn't send any money but he does have their name and date of birth and address info. My family member also contacted the company that is actually selling the house to let them know and to let the actual owner know what is going on. I have read all of these posts and all of the e-mails are the same. What a creep and i wish i knew what he looked like because i would spend money looking for him myself and he wouldn't be able to talk, walk or use a computer after our meeting either. We are very sorry to the people that have lost money to him.

His name is Edward Straw now and his e-mail address is  goldplated001@yahoo.com

Noe he's impersonating actual people - he said he was Edward Straw, a big wig at Canadian financial institution ABT Financial. There is an Edward Straw who works for that company, with a web presence, and when I reached out to him through social media the real Edward Straw told me this has been happening to him for "longer than you would believe." So much for moving my wife out of the slums.