The target of this swindle is almost always an accommodation advertiser.
After contacting you and reaching an agreement, the traveller tells you they are going to send you a wire transfer. A few days later, they write to you again saying that the government in their country has retained the transfer and to release it, it is necessary to pay a fee or tax. You may even receive e-mails with documents that appear to come from a bank in their country or some official entity. In actual fact they are all fakes and the aim is that you pay the fraudster the “fee” for a wire transfer you are never going to receive.
Tip:
- Never pay money to receive a wire transfer; no bank anywhere in the world works this way.
Tambien pedes leer este artículo en Español Deutsch Français Português Italiano Nederlands