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04-08-2022, 08:59 PM
Radio Sintonia:
Scam of 3,000 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist in Fuerteventura.
The Team@ of the island of Fuerteventura, identified on August 1 a person resident in the province of Las Palmas, 47 years old and with a background, for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud by having deceived two people residing in Fuerteventura, getting them to transfer the amount of 1,500 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist.
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaints filed by two people in dependencies of the Post of Puerto del Rosario and the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the injured people communicate the intention to book and rent a house on the island of Fuerteventura.
The victims contacted the scammer through an advertisement on a website widely used by users to search for holiday homes allegedly located on the island of Fuerteventura. After contacting the injured people with the advertiser, which asks them to advance a first income of 500 euros to make the reservation of the house and in the second 1000 euros as a rental deposit, 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 a first shipment for an amount of 500 euros and a second shipment of 1000 euros by bank transfer, 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 persons the author of the facts did not appear in the agreed area, verifying the victims that the house does not exist or were in the place.
The victims confirmed that they had been scammed when they verified that the house did not exist and the advertisement was no longer visible and the alleged fraudster had disappeared.
Investigations and identification
The Team@ 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 website 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 "bargain" ads or those in which they ask for speed in sending a signal or bond, because many times the objective of the rush is none other than to prevent potential victims from agreeing to send the Money without verifying the property.
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 3,000 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist in Fuerteventura.
The Team@ of the island of Fuerteventura, identified on August 1 a person resident in the province of Las Palmas, 47 years old and with a background, for the alleged authorship of a crime of fraud by having deceived two people residing in Fuerteventura, getting them to transfer the amount of 1,500 euros for the rental of homes that do not exist.
The Civil Guard was aware as a result of the complaints filed by two people in dependencies of the Post of Puerto del Rosario and the Main Post of Corralejo, in which the injured people communicate the intention to book and rent a house on the island of Fuerteventura.
The victims contacted the scammer through an advertisement on a website widely used by users to search for holiday homes allegedly located on the island of Fuerteventura. After contacting the injured people with the advertiser, which asks them to advance a first income of 500 euros to make the reservation of the house and in the second 1000 euros as a rental deposit, 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 a first shipment for an amount of 500 euros and a second shipment of 1000 euros by bank transfer, 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 persons the author of the facts did not appear in the agreed area, verifying the victims that the house does not exist or were in the place.
The victims confirmed that they had been scammed when they verified that the house did not exist and the advertisement was no longer visible and the alleged fraudster had disappeared.
Investigations and identification
The Team@ 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 website 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 "bargain" ads or those in which they ask for speed in sending a signal or bond, because many times the objective of the rush is none other than to prevent potential victims from agreeing to send the Money without verifying the property.
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.