Numboa.com offers some tips to avoid a possible scam between individuals.
- From Numboa.com, we want to remind you that we are an online advertising medium that facilitated the relationship between renters and owners.
- Numboa.com reports that the entire rental process owner is the sole responsibility of the advertiser and the tenant or visitor to our website
- In advertisements published Numboa.com vacation home rentals by different advertisers, which is an opportunity for potential scams include fake ads seeking illicit financial gain and fast.
- In Numboa.com are aware of these practices and we want to alert anyone who wants to use our website offering a number of useful tips for renting between individuals through the Internet.
- In Numboa.com have developed systems to detect potential fraud before ads will reach, but security is never complete so we recommend that you read all the advice we offer.
Helpful advice for a safe rental.
- In very low price accommodation with stunning photos and real or not, distrusts them.
- If in the ad there are not opinions of other renters, ask us and we will provide references.
- Require to the owner all complete information about the property; he is obliged to give you anything. Also the information of the accommodation. If he does not want to provide or give long time, distrusted him.
- Before giving money in advance, make sure you have sufficient security for the property and owner.
- Before a BANK TRANSFER make sure the ad and owner offer sufficient safeguards. The payment system via credit card offers best guarantees.
- Ask the owner a copy of identity card or passport both sides and single note of the registration information of the property where the home is registered. If he is the owner, will appear in this form his name registrar. Also, if he says that is travelling abroad and he can not send. If he does not want to send, be wary of him.
- Never reveal your personal data or any account other than those necessary to make the rent.
- Beware if you are pushing for quick pay and non-traditional media such as money transfer companies like Western Union, Money Gram etc etc.
- Be wary if he ask you to send money overseas by these means mentioned above.
- Beware if he told you that is travelling on vacation and when he arrived to the place of the flat, will be there.
- Should you ask the owner, a signed contract with all the data. You can provide one in Spanish through Numboa.com in section model contract. If is in other country, take care and provided for one.
- Save all E-mail communications, messages and calls to mobile and ALWAYS BETTER ALL COMMUNICATIONS ON A FIXED TELEPHONE, Etc ...
- Beware if he does not want to give a landline phone.
What to do in case of being cheated?
This all things above are for Spanish Police.
- If, despite all the tips above have been scammed, we recommend the following:
- Save all data and documents of the advertiser.
- Present duty court complaint in National Police or Edite Group Guardia Civil there is an Edite Group in each province. You can also do it by phone or online if you're www.guardiacivil.es telematics or crimes www.policia.es
- Send an email to: fraudeinternet@policia.es telling the facts.
- PHONE Call Center Technology Alert: 91 582 29 00
- Tell us immediately to remove the ad.
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