Holiday villa fraud

In May last year we used the HomeAway property rental website to book a two-week holiday in Barbados, departing in February. The apartment was owned by a British woman who lives on the island.

We received email confirmation that the weeks we wanted were still available and were asked to transfer £945 into the account of Anjum Khawaja (whom we assumed was her Bajan agent) at a London branch of the Halifax to secure this price. We did this on May 23.