Room for Rent and other rental scams
by shirleyb Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:45 am
bonjour,
This is a scam : see here the email he replies to my interest.
See the way he uses 'hfh-mail.co.uk' ? a REAL house renting has ALMOST the same extention : 'hfhmail.co.uk'

SENT FROM [email protected]
""Hello Shirley,

To book, see attached booking/reservation form. Complete and return for
processing. We accept credit card payment and details on how to pay via
credit card will be emailed to you upon the receipt of your booking form.

Sincerely,
Jake Wallace
+44(0)770/003/2273""
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by Bubbles Tue Nov 08, 2011 1:30 am
Shirley B wanted me to post this explanation after we talked about it by PM.

Thank you Shirley B!

shirleyb wrote:bonjour,
@hfh-mail.co.uk and @hfhmail.co.uk are NOT websites : they are just the extentions used for an email.

[email protected] > received email from them >> no website
[email protected] > http://www.homefromhome.co.uk/

The fact that he has an extention looking very profesional but no website, sending me a booking form that my son could do on Word, and requesting me to pay in advance by bank transfer or credit card, makes me feel like it is a scam... and the atractive price they are offering....

I was just warning that this email is very similar to one used by an existing and registered company. If you google the scamers email ([email protected]) you get on to the http://www.homefromhome.co.uk. But after phoning them up, they said they have nothing to do with the scamers email.

Hope this help.
Best,
shirley

Bubbles, former Scamwarners moderator.

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