| John
Owens lets out his house in Pyrénées-Orientales. On two occasions he has received
suspicious enquiries by email. Each time the sender wanted to send John a sum
of money far above the cost of the rental. 'On the first occasion the sender claimed
he had a client who owed him ten thousand pounds', says John. 'He said he would
arrange for this amount to be sent and asked if I could return the difference
in cash'. John refused to accept the booking. 'On the second occasion the sender
claimed the excess money he was sending would cover the air fare, so I suggested
he contact a booking agent who could book a flight and house rental using the
entire amount'. 
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Both
requests were made for out-of-season bookings, which made them attractive at first
glance.' The senders also asked for non-standard lengths of stay so we built up
a dialogue on email'. says John. Philip
Suter advises gîte owners to beware of the following types of email:
- Enquiries
that seem too good to be true.
- Emails
that make it clear that the enquirer has not actually looked at your property
details.
- Offers
whereby the applicant is an 'agent' saying he has a professor coming to your country
for a conference.
Further
information for gîte owners can be found at www.euro-rentavilla.com/rental_scams_in_holiday
home_lettings.htm |
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