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25-08-2022, 09:00 PM
Radio Sintonia:
Scam of 2,600 euros for false rentals in Fuerteventura.
The Equipo@ of the island of Fuerteventura, identified on August 4 five people residing on the island of Lanzarote and another in Seville, aged between 24 and 42 years, with antecedents, for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud by having deceived five people residing in Fuerteventura, getting to transfer the total amount of 2,600 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist. In addition, the possible perpetrators have been identified by Events of the same nature on the island of Lanzarote.
Occurrence of the facts
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaints filed by five people in dependencies of the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the injured people communicate the intention to book and rent a house on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
The victims contacted the scammer through advertisements on a well-known social network to search for holiday homes allegedly located on the island of Fuerteventura. After contacting the victims with the advertiser, she requested the entry of the Money through immediate transfers or by an application to make the reservation of the house, which would be reserved the property and the definitive agreement to make the delivery of keys.
Therefore, the victims confident that the announcement was totally truthful, made the income through bank transfers, to the alleged landlord of the property to leave the rent of the house closed.
In addition, the victims travel to the place where they had met with the advertiser for the collection of keys, and by surprise of the injured people, the perpetrators of the facts did not appear. In addition, from the moment of making the payment they were blocked by the person with whom they had had a conversation via instant messaging, so they could not contact the advertiser again.
The authors often changed the profile of the social network they used for the advertisement or blocked the complainants, so that they could not contact them.
Investigations and identification
The Equipo@ of the island of Fuerteventura in the exercise of its specific functions in the field of Cybercrime, collected all the data on the Events that occurred, realizing that the alleged scammer had used the social network as a tool to attract the victim, publishing a false rental advertisement with a house that did not correspond to reality, and once he obtained the rent Money in advance, he disappeared without a trace.
Safety tips. How to avoid these types of scams?
The Civil Guard advises that when you identify a house that you want to rent, it is first verified that it exists, and that in addition the alleged landlord has access to it, asking for an appointment in the place, informing with a neighbor, etc.
Be very careful with advertisers who ask for speed in sending a signal or deposit, requesting immediate transfers or sending Money through Bizum, without verifying the identity of the person to whom the Money is sent, since they are payment systems that do not admit return.
Before using these means of payment, which are totally safe, it must be verified that the person to whom the Money is sent corresponds to the person who is being contacted, since in these cases, for example, a conversation is held with a supposed woman, and when the payment is going to be made the name of the beneficiary does not correspond at all to the name used by the advertiser on the network. social, claiming that it is a friend, his lawyer, etc.
Distrust landlords who send all the documentation via telematics and avoid identifying themselves in person, since in this type of scams criminals usually use false or impersonated documentation.
Scam of 2,600 euros for false rentals in Fuerteventura.
The Equipo@ of the island of Fuerteventura, identified on August 4 five people residing on the island of Lanzarote and another in Seville, aged between 24 and 42 years, with antecedents, for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud by having deceived five people residing in Fuerteventura, getting to transfer the total amount of 2,600 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist. In addition, the possible perpetrators have been identified by Events of the same nature on the island of Lanzarote.
Occurrence of the facts
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaints filed by five people in dependencies of the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the injured people communicate the intention to book and rent a house on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote.
The victims contacted the scammer through advertisements on a well-known social network to search for holiday homes allegedly located on the island of Fuerteventura. After contacting the victims with the advertiser, she requested the entry of the Money through immediate transfers or by an application to make the reservation of the house, which would be reserved the property and the definitive agreement to make the delivery of keys.
Therefore, the victims confident that the announcement was totally truthful, made the income through bank transfers, to the alleged landlord of the property to leave the rent of the house closed.
In addition, the victims travel to the place where they had met with the advertiser for the collection of keys, and by surprise of the injured people, the perpetrators of the facts did not appear. In addition, from the moment of making the payment they were blocked by the person with whom they had had a conversation via instant messaging, so they could not contact the advertiser again.
The authors often changed the profile of the social network they used for the advertisement or blocked the complainants, so that they could not contact them.
Investigations and identification
The Equipo@ of the island of Fuerteventura in the exercise of its specific functions in the field of Cybercrime, collected all the data on the Events that occurred, realizing that the alleged scammer had used the social network as a tool to attract the victim, publishing a false rental advertisement with a house that did not correspond to reality, and once he obtained the rent Money in advance, he disappeared without a trace.
Safety tips. How to avoid these types of scams?
The Civil Guard advises that when you identify a house that you want to rent, it is first verified that it exists, and that in addition the alleged landlord has access to it, asking for an appointment in the place, informing with a neighbor, etc.
Be very careful with advertisers who ask for speed in sending a signal or deposit, requesting immediate transfers or sending Money through Bizum, without verifying the identity of the person to whom the Money is sent, since they are payment systems that do not admit return.
Before using these means of payment, which are totally safe, it must be verified that the person to whom the Money is sent corresponds to the person who is being contacted, since in these cases, for example, a conversation is held with a supposed woman, and when the payment is going to be made the name of the beneficiary does not correspond at all to the name used by the advertiser on the network. social, claiming that it is a friend, his lawyer, etc.
Distrust landlords who send all the documentation via telematics and avoid identifying themselves in person, since in this type of scams criminals usually use false or impersonated documentation.