The National Police has warned its social networks of a very common notice in the holiday periods and in particular now that Holy Week begins. It is a direct warning, above all, to the people who are looking for and manage A last minute holiday rental.
The police published a manual to continue with Five signals that must be taken into consideration When looking for a stay to spend a few days on vacation. Assures that if the person detects one of these signals, you have to worry. “That the alarms jump you, there is not,” they warned.
The agency called the scam “Stopher Anatomy” And he published an image with five keys as a guide to find out if the person is the victim of a scam when reserving a holiday rental.
The five police keys to find out if you are deceived
- He says he works for an official company: According to the police, if the person offered by his floor/house claims to be associated with Airbnb -type companies, it is a reason why alarms to jump, since third -party websites have nothing to do with these companies.
- Very professional: If the interlocutor asks for your ID or send you a rental contract from the beginning and it is too insistent, you have to be careful, since it could actually use it to steal the identity of the person.
- Rush: If in addition to being persistent, you want a quick and immediate response or gives you only a period of 24 hours, since it has other interested guests, it is likely that it is a scam and you just want to get money.
- He says he is abroad: One of the most common signals to detect the scams is usually that although the person who rents is Spanish, he usually says that he lives abroad or away from the place where the house he intends to rent is located.
- Ask for a payment in advance: These types of scammers usually ask for a previous transfer as a reserve and, although they ensure that they return it, they do not do it and keep the money.
In 2023, they registered 1,617 Holiday rental scams In Spain, 4% more than 2022, according to the data offered by the Ministry of the Interior. 53% of this type of scam were concentrated between the community of Madrid and Andalusia.
