Just out of interest, I emailed an advertiser on Loquo.com similar to this one. He has replied:

Thanks for your email and it is my gladness to hearing from you.I am Gandy [...],the owner of the house you are making enquiry of.Actually I resided in the house with my family,such as my wife and my only virgin daugther before and presently we had packed due to my transfer from my working place and now situated in madrid Spain, and presently my house is still available for rent for 700 Euro Cn including the utilities like hydro,washer and security,it is furnised.Moreso Now, i went for a Crusade in the West Africa and i will like you to get in touch with my wife in the state for more discussion as She is with the keys and the document tothe house.Pls i want you to note that,i am a kind and honest man and also i spent alot on my property that i want to give you for rent,so i will solicit for your absolute mentenance of this house and want you totreat it as your own,is that taken,it is not the money the main problem but want you to keep it tidy allthe time so that i will be glad to see it neat when i came for a check up.i do that once in a while.I also want you to let me have trust in you as i always stand on my word. Email my wife Willie, on ([for later publication])and she will attends to you better.Where do you see our advert? Thanks and you are welcome

I have written to Brenda Willie and Gandy:

Thankyou Gandy. It is good to hear that you are an honest man – I am sure you will agree that there are far too few honest people in the world today! It is also good to hear that you have been on a crusade. My family is Welsh Muslim (Calvinist-Methodist, but don’t worry about that) – we are white, but my grandparents converted to the True Faith while running tea estates in Kashmir before India became independent. I and my wife are interested in your Madrid apartment and would like to know more about where it is, and how we can arrange a contract with you. We are also interested to hear that you have a daughter: what a blessing that must be! How old is she, and is she still in Spain?

Ve shall see vot ve shall see. I haven’t even got a first wife, but I fancy a second.

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1. UnHab
   December 10th 2008 00:53

   Ah ha! The dubious honor of being first to get scammed goes to you…

   Did you ever hear back form Willie, Gandy and their only virgin daughter?

2. Trevor
   December 10th 2008 01:09

   We exchanged briefly, but it’s not like the virgin’s in the post. I think Raving Atheist started the scam the scammer movement and they probably got the message.