London Accommodation - cityoflondonhomes

Brilliant news on the bank refunding your friends money.

Thank you also for all the info you have supplied, investigations are ongoing.

Well Done to you also for helping your work colleague out, proud of you jmsmith

http://www.london-holidaylettings.com/contact.html
possibly related: http://www.homefromhome.co.uk/
I'm not sure how much to post, can an admin contact me?

Hi Local, Welcome to Scamwarners! If you are sure they are scam sites, you can post as much information as you want. If you were scammed by these people, you can post up emails and any other details on the scam and the scammers, just make sure that you edit out your own personal details. Posting up the information on the scams just might prevent somebody else from becoming a victim.

Welcome.
The first site was set up on 21st June 2009 for only one year, and the second in 1997 due for renewal in 2011.
So the first needs more study, but the second is almost certainly legit. What makes you think they are connected?

Hi Local

Welcome to Scamwarners

Even if you are not sure it will do no harm to post up details, we have some members here who can tell in no time at all if it is fake or not.

Any information that may involve legitimate companies can be deleted fairly quickly if innoicent parties are wrongly accused of being scammers

After looking at the first I have to say it look realistic, one thing i noticed was the phone number which seemed legit to me as well

However
a search on the site name and including the word scam brings up some interesting results
Click Here

In particular this link Here shows information on an appartment scam, the same site also has advertising by the site in question.

I am presuming the site is real however perhaps one of the advertisers using there service is not legitimate.

Do you have specific details on the property you were looking into?

Welcome.
The first site was set up on 21st June 2009 for only one year, and the second in 1997 due for renewal in 2011.
So the first needs more study, but the second is almost certainly legit. What makes you think they are connected?

the registrant address of homefromhome is the same as the "office" address of london-holidaylettings which is a hair dressing shop.

Thank you for all your replies and support, I'll defer posting any more details until Monday until I have confirmation from all parties concerned.

Hi Local

I have just sent you a Pm but for the benefit of the others who will be working on this while I sleep I will post the bulk of it here as well

was the money paid to the website or to the property owner

I suspect the website is legit, even though the address leads to a hairdresser, being a website it is most likely little more than a person sitting at a computer so it could be anywhere

we do know however that many of the advertisers of these properties are scammers and that is what i suspect in this case

I am off to bed but if you could post the property address or email address / phone number of anybody your friends have contacted we may be able to better advise you

[AlanJones]

http://www.london-holidaylettings.com/contact.html
possibly related: http://www.homefromhome.co.uk/
I'm not sure how much to post, can an admin contact me?

I've had a tame site killer at 419eater look at these and here's their initial findings

london-holidaylettings.com

• Registered on 21 June 2009 for 1 year.
• Site claims to be (c) 2008 although only set up in June.
• Registrant details are incomplete and do not appear to relate to the details given on the website.
• Site claims to be owned by a limited company called Lettings Angels Ltd. They do exist as a registered company, with the address given on the website.
• Some of the testimonials are stolen - http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserRevi ... gland.html this is meant to be the Mayfair apartment on the site. The addresses don't tie up.

I would say a fake site using a legitimate company's name to make themselves look legitimate. I will try and contact Lettings Angels on Monday to see if they admit to the site being theirs.

homefromhome.co.uk

• Registered since 1997 in the name of a limited company, which checks out at Companies House.

Legitimate site, but could be a scammer piggybacking - are emails coming from a hfhmail.co.uk address or a freeby account?

http://www.london-holidaylettings.com

Names used

Bryn Tucker
Vera Tucker
Scott R

>Bryn Tucker
>
> General Manager
> London Holiday Lettings
>
> http://www.london-holidaylettings.com
>
> Office: 08458340124 Mobile: 07554301002

Other nos. 07724797318

All phone nos. are directed to voice mail. The 0845 no. also has a message that said "kindly send us an email as we do not respond to voice mails".

Bank Accounts

The victim was told to transfer the money to a bank account. After many days, they insisted that the money had not arrived and suggested the WU transfer. The victim was told to send the MTCN ,senders name and address after the money has been sent.

Sort code: 11-18-11
Account Name: L. C. Homes
Account Number: 28192722
Iban: GB49HLFX11181128192722
BIC: HLFXGB21L68
Bank: Halifax Bank
Bank addredd: United Kingdom

We will need the copy of the transfer confirmation from your bank, the scanned copy,very
important.

Western Union Money Transfer
Name: Vera Tucker
Address: 75 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1DE, United Kingdom

This is also a giveaway, at the bottom of their site.


The most readable captcha I have ever seen:)

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I am happy to say it is a scam based only on the insistence of a Western Union transfer, no legitimate companies will use Western Union
I will look into the details and do some searching in a couple of hours when I can use my home PC

I think http://www.london-cityhomes.com has copied the site http://www.accessapartments.co.uk
and http://www.london-holidaylettings.com has copied http://www.homefromhome.co.uk.
Homefromhome is the innocent party.

[AlanJones]

Hi local,

http://www.london-cityhomes.com is a site that our site killing friends over at 419eater are aware of.

http://www.london-holidaylettings.com will be joining it shortly for killing.

Hi,
I have also been recently scammed by http://www.london-cityhomes.com/contact.html.... shameful and very distressing, went to the police (london met) who basically made me feel like an idiot!!!!
I actually felt sorry for them also in a way.... the http://www.london-cityhomes.com/contact.html modus operandi is exactly the same as has been recounted by various victims here.. the details are:

[color=#000080]The rate for the 1 Month is £1800. 20% deposit is £360.£200 security deposit Total deposit required to secure the booking is £560. Below is our Bank details you need to take to your Bank and make the payment of £560. Sort code: 11-18-11Account Name: L. C. HomesAccount Number: 28192722Iban: GB49HLFX11181128192722BIC: HLFXGB21L68Bank: Halifax BankBank addredd: United Kingdom We will need the copy of the transfer confirmation from your bank, the scanned copy,very important.We will send the booking confirmation and how to receive the keys once we have received your deposit and confirm your booking. Philip W.[/color]

Can one please get these scumbags and shut them down for good..... and save all those souls who could fall prey to them.

Rgds,
rw.

Welcome to Scamwarners rw96.

I am sorry you have lost money to this scammer, if you have any further questions or concerns please post and a support team member will be happy to advise and help you.

The information you have provided has been passed on and I am certain that the site will soon be closed.

It looks like we have another of these sites: http://duchessapartmentrentals.com/

Duchess Apartment Rentals Self Catering Apartments in Central London
Tel: +44 (0) 7519569598
Fax: +44 208 181 6081
Address: 68 Leinster Square, Bayswater, London, W2 7PR, United Kingdom


This site is also suspicious:
http://dennishomeapartment.tripod.com/
Dennis Home Apartments
Dennishomeapartment company.co.uk Limited
Tel:07024071943 Email:[email protected]
Address: 259 Marine Road Central, Morecambe, Lancs, LA4 4BJ