Hijacking Warning to Landlords - don’t let property fraud hit you

Hijacking Warning to Landlords - don’t let property fraud hit you

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat of property fraud - especially so-called hijacking.

Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves in London, explains that hijacking is when a ‘tenant’ will rent a property using fake documents, then change their name by Deed Poll and take on the landlord’s name which can be found on the tenancy agreement.  To continue reading, please click here.
Source: Landlord Today


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