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Rental scams explode on the internet. Tens of thousands of fraudulent announcements are online. Large platforms are trying to retaliate with anti-hissioner cells.
Prepare your summer vacation and look for accommodation in the sun for a few days, but faced with thousands of ads that are sometimes very attractive, difficult to find your way around. So how do you avoid scams?
Daniel Dos Santos was fooled. Last March, he left for London with his mother and reserved accommodation on the Internet at 281 euros for the three nights. The price convinces them, but once there, they are disillusioned. The door is in very poor condition and there is not even a handle. “We arrive in London in front of the accommodation we do the code to recover the key, the key box opens, but no key inside”The Daniel Dos Santos. “At the time we wanted one thing to leave”commented his mother. Fraudulent announcements are impossible to quantify. The rental platforms are well aware of the scams. To limit risks, they mount specialized cells.
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