Return of deposit

Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think.
Nigel Goodwin
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Return of deposit

Post by Nigel Goodwin »

I just got an email from somebody giving me their bank details and asking for return of deposit. I couldn;t find the name or the property for the dates they said. They included their original enquiry.

So I concluded it was a scam. If somebody has my email address, they could easily ask for money.

Of course most owners will check carefully before returning deposits.

In the end it turned out they booked a different property, and the name on the booking was of their partner, so it was all OK.

But just a warning to others to always check, it would be quite an easy scam to do, send out lots of enquiries, don't book, but ask for return of deposit.