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Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

A council chief has spoken out in support of landlords who lost money to a “despicable fraudster” who is now in...

A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council.  The result follows a legal...

A risk management platform claims landlords are amongst those most at risk of fraud. Thirdfort has identified the top eight types of...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

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

Propertymark wants to hear about examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement from the ARLA wing...

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

There’s a warning that there’s been a huge rise in fraudulent tenant applications since the start of the pandemic. In terms of...

An unscrupulous letting agent has been jailed for two years for conning landlords and tenants out of almost a quarter of...

Lord Alan Sugar has issued a warning to Airbnb users after a family was  cheated out of around £465 because fraudsters told...

Cheshire Police are appealing for landlords, along with letting agents and local residents to help crack down on organised crime gangs. Officers...

The level of fraudulent rental applications being received by letting agents is on the up, new research shows. The study by Benham...

A fraudster pretending to be a landlord scammed a couple looking to move into a new property with their children out...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is reminding would-be tenants to be vigilant when looking for somewhere new to live and to...

Fraudsters posing as landlords have conned prospective tenants out of £20,000 over the past couple months by persuading them to pay...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...

The vast majority of landlords are unable to identify a fake passport when presented with one leaving them vulnerable to fraudsters...

A fraudster who posed as a letting agent with the sole intention of stealing from landlords and tenants has been jailed...

A rent-to-rent fraudster has been jailed for 16 months after being found guilty of six counts of fraud relating to HMOs Moses...

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