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scams are now being targeted at UK Rental agents Click
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Scams in Self Catering Holiday Home Lettings By
Philip Suter of jml Property Services Since
the middle of 2004 numerous owners of self catering holiday homes who advertise
their properties on the Internet have been targeted on a rental scam.
The
scam works by the enquirer sending a cheque far in excess of the requested sum,
and then requesting a refund for the difference. After repaying this the property
owner will find that original cheque has bounced or is bogus. One
person in France had the experience of receiving a Euro Draft that was actually
twice the amount required. This was paid into their bank. A few days later they
were bombarded with emails from the sender demanding the balance to be sent via
a courier postal company immediately.
Fortunately
their policy is not to send contracts before monies have been cleared and actually
in their bank account. Their bank informed them that this would be fifteen days
to clear the payment cheque. Well fifteen days passed and just as they were about
to send the extra overpaid amount, they double checked with their bank only to
find that the whole cheque was false. A
lot of people are initially taken in as the applicant makes a very attractive
offer. They want to rent the property for several weeks in a quieter season when
bookings are scarce. The offer of rent sounds good particularly if the owner of
the property has a mortgage to cover.
Naturally
the applicant never appears as he/she only communicates by email. These emails
do not always make too much sense as the property owner for example could have
been advertising a four bedroom luxury villa and the email will say that they
want to rent a room/apartment and even bring their own furniture.
Philip
Suter is a Director of JML Property Services - http://www.jmlvillas.com
a UK based company offering Insurance products on line and a holiday home advertising
service and management training with in the uk. He is a very experienced property
consultant with over 30 years work in the Residential letting business and served
in the national council of ARLA. He is a Fellow of the National Association of
Estate Agents (NAEA) and a Member of The association of Residential Letting Agents
(ARLA)
©Philip
Suter jml Property Services December 2005 Rental
scams are now being targeted at UK Rental agents The
following email was sent an UK Rental agent on the 19th October 2006 Like the
holiday home rental scams this one was using a yahoo email address.This person
make out he is from Amsterdam, but has a very english sounding name. Gooday,
My name is T... l.... and i am from Amsterdam holand .I will like to rent your
room for a period of 8 to 12 months starting from any time u are vacant, because
i will be your location for a business proposal cause am an Information Technologist
and i am about to sign a contract with an i.T firm,within the months that i which
to chose from this year.I want you to email me your total rates for the months.I
will make payment with a cashiers check/money order.Get back to me with the following
needed information: The
very day i will be able to move in,
Cost of the room for the 1 month:
Full names {in which the check should be made out to}: Complete
Mailing Address:
Telephone number:
In addition,my sponsor will have the check sent to you for the payment as soon
as i read from you with the required information. Hope to read fr om you soon.
have a nice day, T... l.... Landlords
and letting agents take great care Return
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