Patrick Wayne & Julie Teng
Complaint 134276 Details

I found an apartment in Manhattan, New York on the website of www.vacationrentalpeople.com, listing no. #50848, which I intended to rent for my family vacation. On the 7th of April I sent an inquiry on this website for renting out this property from the 15th - 21st of June, 2012. On the 8th of April, 2012 I received a reply back from one Mr. Patrick Wayne saying that the property is available on my required dates. In order to book this apartment, he said that for international clients he required a money transfer. On 13th April 2012, Patrick Wayne sent me a stamped and signed (by Julie Teng) detailed agreement and asked me to wire the amount of US$2942 against rental + damage deposit to ACADEMY BANK, BANK ADDY 360 W 31st St # 1010, New York, NY 10001. RT. NO. 101019482, ACCT NO. 5909046151, ACCT NAME: JULIE TENG.
On the 17th of May 2012, to my complete shock and surprise I received this email from Patrick Wayne saying that he had a little problem with the refundable damage deposit, and that the management has insisted that the total amount against refundable damage deposit to receive from international rentals should be $5,000, not $500 and that he would send a reverse agreement for the $5,000 refundable damage deposit. This is when I realized that this is a scam. After several unpleasant emails exchanged, he agreed to cancel the agreement and wire the amount back to me, but till date neither have I received my money back and nor is this Patrick Wayne traceable anymore. His earlier numbers (+19402385769, +16097368151) for obvious reasons are not working anymore. On a new recent number I found of his (+19406044049) somebody does answer the phone, but hangs up immediately.