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A fake landlord who made over £2,500 a month letting out a London that he didn’t own has been taken to...

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A genuine tenant who advertised on social media for a property has been scammed out of £450 by fraudsters posing as...

Scams involving fake landlords and bogus lettings agents are rife in the private rentals sector, and may have been made worse...

A tenant posing as a landlord converted two bedrooms in a flat into four bedsits, putting residents at risk. The fake landlord...

An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...

A couple in Plymouth have been scammed out of £1,200 by a fake landlord who copied and pasted pictures and details...

With July being Fraud Awareness Month, the subject of online rental fraud has been brought into the spotlight by Nick Marr,...

Private tenants can now verify a landlord's credentials for any UK rental opportunity following the launch of a new landlord checking...

Bosses at internet listings site Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to discuss scam in which fraudsters posing...

Police are hunting for a man who posed as the landlord of the apartment he was renting in London, in order...