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Yes, the fake FB profile has been deactivated and the website reduced to a basic "Coming Soon" page. It is believed that this scammer has used a number of aliases and false websites/FB business pages over the recent months and will no doubt be back with new false pages. GoDaddy has been al...

If you come across the Facebook profile of Harvey Keane, perhaps via a Facebook holiday accommodation group, he's a SCAMMER. Do NOT send him money. His facebook profile is fake and he has also created a fake website (pictures stolen from Right Move). He says he has a large property facing the River ...

Enquiry came in via Feriendhause Miete / Tourist-Paradise from Jawed Naseri simply asking for the price of 2 weeks in April. Followed shortly afterwards by an overpayments scam reply. Emailed in French
Email = n58 dot jwdfr at gmail.com

There has been a spate of scammers (actually almost certainly the same person) advertising fake properties on Facebook groups. In the last 2 weeks there has been Anthony Keyne (also changed to Keyne Anthony) (Cornwall property), Trevor Devinci (a different Cornwall property), Tim Devinci (The Lakes)...

And it was followed by another identical email albeit from a different email and name. #sigh

Popped into an email address I don't use for bookings and containing a link I am not going to click on. Name does not match email and no mention of which property she supposedly wants to book etc etc. From - jason.williamspatricia464 at aol dot com Hello, We are an adult couple , and require to make...

Couple of points might alert me: Just says Hello - no name Says your accommodation ie very general. I certainly have emails that don't reflect my name. If they are a retired couple they may be genuinely flexible with dates - I would reply but not be completely surprised of it came back as a scammy o...

You could join the Facebook group Book Your Holiday Direct with the Owner and ask on there: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookholidaysdirect/

If you don't do FB you can PM me and I'd be happy to add a post for you and forward on any replies (I am an admin on there).

I'd look at similar large properties in the area close to where you want to move to. If they are fully booked then there's more chance you will also get bookings - if they are full of lots of empty weeks then either the market for that size of property is saturated or the area is not popular with la...

I got a reply from PMP: Yes, we are aware of this recent ruling. But as with all these things, it's a good idea to wait for the dust to settle to see what will happen. At the moment we're not sure what the options are for compliance, so we'll be keeping an eye out for industry recommendations and go...

I read that sentence exactly the same way greenbarn - if that is the case I will insist PMP takes the like buttons off my website. I love FB as a means of keeping in touch with friends and family all over the world but there is so much about it that worries me greatly - they have way too much power ...

Hmmm - they are automatically on the top of my PromoteMyPlace website and at the bottom of blog posts on the website. I've emailed PMP to ask them what this will mean for our websites.

Email received into an email address I don't use for bookings from sergeystjic@outl**k. com: Hello , We are a small group from Russia and wish to know if you have something open in month of September as we wish to come and stay around 7days. 2 Adutls couples and wish 7days or more and we don't smoke...

Well he's busy man as I got exactly the same email albeit sent to Rosie not Andrew! I called his bluff and asked him to confirm which property he wanted to book and he never got back to me

It's what Zebedee said. You cannot undo what is done but you can try and limit the damage of a reviews by offering a full refund, helping find other accommodation and if necessary paying for any difference. It is every owner's worst nightmare and I have done it too, although found out the error with...