Kids left 'devastated' after holiday cancelled over £4,000 Airbnb scammers
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA mum said her children were left 'devastated' after they had to cancel a family holiday just hours before following a £4,000 scam.
Emma Last, 48, and her husband Zak, 51, were due to fly out to a villa in Majorca for an eight-night family holiday last August.
They had seemingly booked a villa large enough for them, the three children and Emma's parents. But just hours before they were due to leave for the airport, the family realised they had been scammed.
Emma, first found the property on Airbnb but was then directed from there to WhatsApp, where she was provided with a link from 'Travel Villas', along with what claimed to be a Booking.com 'portal' to process the payment later on. READ NEXT: 'I'm a millionaire at 26 – I learned everything I know on YouTube' Emma's mother, Julia, 74, paid £4,120 for the villa via this link and Emma paid £1,722.98 for the flights directly.
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