Room for Rent and other rental scams
#381849 by SamIAm2 Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:56 pm
After booking a home on Booking.com I received the following:
Thank you for booking my place. I am out of office for the next couple of weeks. For your reservation here on Booking I would need an official booking confirmation letter sent to my e-mail: [email protected]. Please confirm your reservation letter as soon as possible, otherwise your reservation will be cancelled...

After contacting Thomas Solnir, he suggested booking his home via HomeAway as their fees were lower so he could offer me a lower price. He then sent me a fake HomeAway site (homeaway.vacation-rental-p8705439.com) with an invoice to pay 3850 Euros with the following instructions:
Pay within 48 hours by Wire Transfer for we can validate your reservation
Use our HomeAway Assigned Broker account below so you can pay for your reservation. HomeAway has financial headquarters in Spain, therefore payment must be processed through our bank account.
Send the payment using the following HomeAway briker details:
Bank name - CAIXABANK
Bank address - Ctra. Cadiz-Malaga, Km197, 29649 Calypso, Spain
Account name - Irina M Dobra
IBAN - ES9521009027910701028725
SWIFT/BIC - CAIXESBBXXX

After completing your transfer, scan or photograph/copy of the transfer receipt and sent it to HOMEAWAY DAPARTMENT OF PAYMENTS ([email protected]) so we can validate your reservation.
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