Fake landlord conned victims out of £20,000 say police – Landlord Today

[Legal Beagles]

Police are hunting for a man who posed as the landlord of the apartment he was renting in London, in order to con an estimated £20,000 out of duped renters. The Islington Gazette reports that the scam operated between September 3 and September 11 last year, when the flat on Popham Street was advertised on... Read more »
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Re: Fake landlord conned victims out of £20,000 say police – Landlord Today

Seen this type of thing before, and a variant over the years.

have seen it ware the tenant poses as the landlord in the last weeks of there tenancy, and takes deposit and fees befofre flitting . And there were allegations a few years back that irish travelers were renting houses and doing the same, or renting houses to sell stolen cars from.

I really feel sorry for the people that lost money in this,