Rental Scam Uses Holiday Apartment as Bait to Defraud Victim of Nearly €2,000

A software engineer was defrauded of almost €2,000 in a rental scam where a holiday apartment in Crumlin was used as bait, leading the victim to transfer money to an alleged 'landlord' before discovering the deception.

29 Jun, 05:00 — 29 Jun, 05:00

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Rental scams: holiday apartment used as bait to defraud victim of almost €2,000

Software engineer transferred money to alleged ‘landlord’ and was shown the apartment in Crumlin, but discovered he had been scammed

By Kitty Holland

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Rental Scam Uses Holiday Apartment as Bait to Defraud Victim of Nearly €2,000

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Rental scams: holiday apartment used as bait to defraud victim of almost €2,000

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