The summer break has only just begun and I’ve already had my first case of holiday villa fraud. It’s a horribly simple scam that involves criminals taking payment for holiday properties they don’t own. All they do is cut and paste the details of rental flats and cottages from one online listings site and put […]
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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 […]