Thousands of holidaymaker Brits targeted in Spain luxury villa rental scam - as dad reveals he lost £5k in Easter nightmare

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Thousands of holidaymaker Brits targeted in Spain luxury villa rental scam

Angus Kennedy is furious after losing £5k in the scam

Some victims have lost as much as £40,000 in the sophisticated scam with 1,632 victims in 2017 alone, according to Action Fraud. Chocolate expert and author Angus said: “My wife wanted the holiday to be a surprise for the family as I was working so hard.Have YOU been scammed? Tell us your story. Email joe.duggan@news.co.uk or call“And all my nightmares came true. I phoned this so-called contact number for the website and got a recorded message saying, ‘Call later’.Angus came across a taxi driver who knew the villa owner's son, so offered to take them to the property.

The owner of the luxury pad, a German man who has lived there for 17 years, today confirmed it was a scam and told Sun Online the house was not up for rent.Petra Deleslie, 42, right, and her daughter Katie, 20, fell victim to the scamAfter Angus posted a video online to highlight his plight, a flood of victims contacted him saying they too been scammed by the same site - which lists more than 700 villas.

“The site has been live for two years. It is a global set-up. People in Majorca were so amazing, and we have had offers of free villas, but this was a holiday from hell.”Another British victim conned by the same website told Sun Online her family lost £5,000 after renting a villa in Alicante. "It takes a long time to save that kind of money and then for it to be swindled in a second is gut-wrenching.

 

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If it looks to good to be true it probably is

better to pay more and go to a travel agents

Happens every year and they still fall for it.

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