{"id":131737,"date":"2022-11-22T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T07:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-son-found-a-room-to-rent-on-the-web-but-now-fears-its-a-scam\/"},"modified":"2022-11-22T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T07:18:50","slug":"my-son-found-a-room-to-rent-on-the-web-but-now-fears-its-a-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-son-found-a-room-to-rent-on-the-web-but-now-fears-its-a-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"My son found a room to rent on the web, but now fears it\u2019s a scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHe paid by bank transfer but the contact is not responding to texts, calls or emailsMy son, who recently moved to London, found a room to rent for November via a website theroomlet.co.uk.After a virtual viewing, and submission of proof of his ID, his application was approved via email and we paid \u00a3800 (a month\u2019s rent) in advance plus \u00a3784 (security deposit) by bank transfer. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/nov\/22\/my-son-found-a-room-to-rent-on-the-web-but-now-fears-its-a-scam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My son found a room to rent on the web, but now fears it\u2019s a scam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; He paid by bank transfer but the contact is not responding to texts, calls or&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ygN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73063,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/singapore-pr-lost-over-50k-in-airbnb-scam\/","url_meta":{"origin":131737,"position":0},"title":"Singapore PR lost over $50k in Airbnb scam","date":"November 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A Singapore permanent resident from South Korea had paid \u20ac32,154 (S$51,600) to rent a non-existing Paris apartment they found in Airbnb, reported AsiaOne. 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