Hundreds of false accounts used to facilitate travel scam

http://www.theage.com.au/national/victims-of-travel-scam-to-launch-class-action-20130420-2i76y.html

In the past 18 months, tourists have wired millions of dollars into London-based Barclays Bank accounts to pay for luxury accommodation in dream destinations around the world.............However, the Barclays accounts are run by criminals who, after hacking the sites and ''phishing'' the original email inquiry, assume the identity of the property owner and steer customers into making bogus bookings.