Datendiebstahl und Geldverlust statt Traum-Immobilie!

Dear Mrs. Musterfrau,

I am Monika Jacobs, a real estate agent with an international activity for the On Vista Real Estate company.
I am in charge of managing the purchase agreement of the property located in Musterstraße 20, Bezirk 8213, Austria, owned by Mrs. Renou Alexia. The selling price of the property has been set at € 213.000,00.

It is still available, and this is the identification number in order to check its availability on our official website: P4700990298

The property can be reserved in your name for a private visit; you further have the step-by-step description of the manner of scheduling a visit:

* In order to start the procedure, we will need the following details from you:

# Your complete name:
# Complete address:
# Telephone number:
# Fax number (if available):

* The next step is filling in a pre-contract for setting the private visit. I would mention that this contract shall not bind you by any means to purchase the property, only the terms of the transaction are specified in this document.

* You, as a potential purchaser, shall receive a notification containing a transaction identification number which shall give you access to the privatea area of the clients on our website.

* In your private area, you shall have access to all the details of your transaction, as well as the pre-contract signed and stamped by us.

* At this point, you, as potential purchaser, with an exclusive purchasing right, shall have to constitute an earnest money deposit at our agency, within maximum 72 hours from generating the contract. The payment must be made by bank transfer to one of the agency’s trust accounts.
The total value of the earnest money deposit has been set to 2,5% of the total purchasing price, i.e. € 5.325,00 . Please note that the earnest money deposit is a deposit meant to prove your interest in purchasing the property, and should not be mistaken for a down payment for purchasing the property.
* After initiating the transfer, you shall have to send the scanned document from the bank to our agency, together with the contract signed by you.

* After your payment is confirmed in one of our bank accounts (it usually does not exceed 2 working days), the visit shall be set, and I, as an agent in charge of your transaction, shall be delegated to organize the visit. I mention that I shall be accompanied by a legal representative of the owner. During the private visit, you can check all the property-related aspects, including the accompanying juridical documents.

After visiting the property, there shall be 2 possible situations:

1) In case you decide not to purchase the property, the earnest money deposit shall be reimbursed into your bank account on the same day you visit the property. In this case, the pre-contract shall become null&void. All fees for our services are entirely paid for by the owner.
2) If you decide to buy the property, all the documents shall be signed in the presence of a local notary, and we shall authorize the release of the earnest money deposit to the owner, as a down payment for purchasing the property. They shall also set a certain deadline within which you shall have to pay for the rest of the amount in order to cover the entire price of the property. In this case, you will pay the notary fees; the fees for our services are completely paid for by the landlord who has hired us.

Thank you for your understanding. Please send me the requested details only if all the aspects above are completely understood.
Best regards, Monika Jacobs, International Real Estate Agent