Scammers put a lot of time and money into making hoax emails and making bogus websites look real.
Don’t be fooled.
Christmas scammers will email you out of the blue to trick you into disclosing your personal information, bank account details, passwords or credit card numbers.
Fake holiday rentals are a very common scam at this time of the year, which are fake online listings for holiday rental properties.
Scammers will entice you into paying a deposit or the full amount and when you arrive at your holiday destination, the real owner has no record of the ‘booking’ or might not even rent out the property .
Which will leave you out of pocket and nowhere to stay.
Here are some ways to ensure that your dream holiday doesn’t turn into a nightmare:
Be cautious – if the price looks too good to be true, it probably is;
Do your homework – contact the company directly using contact