Faked up enquiry purporting to have come via Spain-Holiday. The heading read "Spain-Holiday.com enquiry on Breat Cleary". Note the fact that this guy doesn't know if he's a Bret or a Breat The email was a properly mocked up Spain-Holiday enquiry page with this message:
"Hello ,
We are a family of 6 from Denmark (two grand-parents, two parents, a teenager and a child). We would like to rent this villa for a holiday. Would you be able to let us know if this villa is available The given price is 2600
Kind Regards,
Cleary
Renter
Bret Cleary
bretcleary@hotmail.com
+453 894990749"
So Bret/Breat now has the first name Cleary
I reported this to Spain-Holiday and they have confirmed that they have had no one register an enquiry for my property or any other via their web site using that email address.
bretcleary@hotmail.com
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It didn't come through their system Joddle. My ad isn't even on their site any more so I assume I am on some sort of scammers hotlist being punted around.
Kathleen the 'mocked up page' was a clone of a Spain Holiday generated enquiry email but it did not come from them. I suggest that every email or text alert should prompt you to go to the rental site's owner page - not via a clickable link on the email or text of course - to see if it is actually in your inbox/dashboard before you make any effort to respond.
Kathleen the 'mocked up page' was a clone of a Spain Holiday generated enquiry email but it did not come from them. I suggest that every email or text alert should prompt you to go to the rental site's owner page - not via a clickable link on the email or text of course - to see if it is actually in your inbox/dashboard before you make any effort to respond.
Well that's one good thing to be said about SH's new system - Once on their system that wont happen again - or if it does you know straight away its a scam as they only send things from their own email system now - no punter emails addresses to reply to!
I don't profess to own anything here apart from my own opinion.