Tag: fraud

Landlords warned of fake payslip scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2025, 1 year ago | 0

Landlords in London are being warned by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) to thoroughly vet tenant documents after a...

Tenant application fraud rockets by 140%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2024, 2 years ago | 1

A sharp rise in rental market competition is fuelling a surge in tenancy application fraud, according to new data.  An...

Help to protect landlords from tenant sub-letting and property fraud unveiled

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2023, 2 years ago | 3

Landlords and property owners can now protect themselves from tenant sub-letting and property fraud with a new service called Title...

Fraudsters trying to take advantage over lack of supply in student accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Fraudsters are placing fake listings adverts online in a bid to cash in on the lack of supply in student...

Landlords at ‘high risk’ from fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Landlords are among those most at risk of fraud, according to a new report. A report by Thirdfort has identified...

A poor letting agent?

Author: Readers Question

24th April 2023, 3 years ago | 22

Hello, a large London letting agent found and gave a glowing reference for a tenant, so we took her on....

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£85,000 ‘missing’ as letting agent traded fraudulently

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators uncovered a ‘missing’ £85,000 from a failed letting agent that ran into financial problems after the supervising franchise...

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Property hijacks prompt fraud alert from the FSA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Financial watchdog is alerting landlords to watch out for property hijacking by fraudsters and crooked mortgage brokers. The Financial Services...

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HMRC Handles 1,000 Tax Fraud Emails Every Day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Fraudsters are sending out thousands of bogus emails to try to trick taxpayers to give out their bank details in...

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Buy to Let Fraudsters in £1 Million Property Club Scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let fraudsters lied about rental returns and finding tenants in a scam that tricked investors out of more...

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SCAM ALERT – please tell your tenants and landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Thank you to Susanne, a landlord known to us via the Property tribes forum, for sharing the following story with...

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Landlord conman had 32 false identities

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A property investor set up a web of false identities as ghost tenants at shared houses as part of a...

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Brokers warned about buy to let mortgage fraudsters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let landlords and first time buyers are in the firing line as the main perpetrators of mortgage fraud....