Tenerife Holiday Rental Scam Websites

I have booked an apartment with SunseekersTenerifeapartments.co.uk a lady named Arelene Cookson. The apartment belongs to her and is in Playa Graciosa. Made contact when enquiring about an apartment in Victoria Court where she is an agent for owners and the said apartment was fully booked for our dates. Do you know of the company or the lady?

i got ripped off by Aronasol they also had dealings with Lavasands

scanned by cassa tenerife 2 days ago
i contacted Bankia spain to stop transfer
it is worth contacting bankia in madrid and speak to them in English (they have english rep)
and explain if u paid by IBAN –

Cassa Tenerife is now called
Casa-tenerifee
A Bulgarian registered website
Sergio and Monique
[email protected] latest corresponders staying hack attack on Cassa Tenerife site – all nonsense I am sure
Contact europol and report this scam

has anyone checked to see if it is the same people behind all these scams
what account was money paid into?
was it in valencia with Bankia?
if so could people let me know
?

By transfer wise

villaswithaview.com Only scams in Tenerife, pages in google, all the villas are available and very cheap prices, .. all cheap, just pretty pictures .. SCAMS SCAMS http://www.villaswithaview.com

Anything else I can do? Don’t want to loose my money or even worse, be there with my family and have no place to stay. In the meantime I googled the property and called a real estate agent who has the same property for sale. He recognized one of the houses on the site and he was sure that this was not available for rent. Is that enough not to trust this?

Teneriferental.es SCAM
Lost 2250 € for a 3 bedroomed villa rented for the week of Christmas in Tenerife. Try yesterday to reach someone on phone to organise the meeting but my email returned with the mention unroutable address and the mobile number is not assigned.
I paid by transfer to a bank in Alicante for the benefit of a certain Antonio Salvador Berna Moya
Something to do to get the money back ?
Thanks for your help

be scam by a company called luxuryletting.net

https://www.canariesbooking.com/ another scam website

hi, anybody got any info on this site. https://fincas-tempo.com/… think this one can be added to the list because their looking for bank draft..

I have just seen my villa in torviscas advertised on .www.villawithaview.com
But I don’t rent through this company , I do it myself so that website is scamming people
If you view “5 bed Villa Roque del conde from 238€ per night” it’s a scam
Please contact me and I will try to help

Thanks you so much ! was about to part with £2k to amazingholidayvillas.com

You’ve saved me from a lot of pain – just hope that people don’t fall into the trap they are obviously fake – Lanzarote has very few villas available now for Easter, yet they claim to offer LOTS of top class villas all suspiciously available and all roughly the same price CLEARLY A SCAM !!!!
Thanks again….

amazingholidayvillas.com this website is still running on google ads and I think will make a lot of people without money and holiday , let’s report to google as well this website as they do not know …

Sonya, yes read above

We were just scammed by http://www.villas-canary.com. 2 Names Saul C. Gomez and Ramon Juan Ruiz Gomez. Look out for there names. Will try to pursue Them through Their bank IBAN and SWIFT number

Sandeep,
Read all of this page especially the list above and you will find https://viaje-tenerife.com is a scam site

Can someone please confirm if canary island escapes are genuine/ legitimate in property rentals on Tenerife? I understand they do not accept card payments, only PayPal or bank transfers.

Anyone heard of Canary Island Escapes Ltd and sister company Tenerife Properties 4U?

Hello there,

Anyone can send me all the emails from this guys

https://www.bookinglists.com/listings/villa-pizarro-2/ fraud
http://www.amazingholidayvillas.com fraud
https://www.luxuryholidaylifestyle.com/ FRAUD
https://tenerifevillaholidays.com/properties/?i2 FRAUD

And also the contract.

I try to catch them

Has anyone used a male named Kevin Willington and email [email protected]
Coming to Tenerife in 3 weeks and apartment details still not provided. Concerned we turn up and it doesn’t exist

Hi Admin, what do you think, new website, new ad campaign, own reviews, lots of availability, Madrid address, Malaga area number, own money back guarantees, have a look, have you heard of them, eg

http://canarianholidaystyle.com/property/villa-te3801

I see you already listed
http://www.fivestarsvillarentals.com
Five Stars Villa Rentals
Anyone can see their claim at the bottom of their pages at they won “Silver” in the “British Travel Awards 2017” for “Best Villa Company”
um… surprisingly the BTA have no record of anyone by this name even entering their competitions …
https://www.britishtravelawards.com/winners2017.php

I recently booked a villa with http://www.holiday-canaryvillas.com and paid for the rental & breakages.
After booking, we saw them listed on your site.
I contacted them and requested, under the terms of the rental contract to cancel our booking.
Within a few days all of our money was returned.
Were we just lucky or are they legit?

http://www.spainrentholidays.com have recently changed the trading name on their website from Spain Rent Holidays to Spanish Rentals Holiday Escapes SRHE , as their other name was perhaps getting somewhat tarnished. Incredible that they are still able to appear on search engine adverts, even appearing on the name “spanish rentals holiday escapes”

On the Majorca forum we are suspecting that http://www.spainluxuryrent.com is the new site of spainrent holidays and its similar names ,slightly more professional website but very suspicious.

Hello
I’m pretty sure I’ve got scammed last week via http://www.canary-rentalvillas.com
Site was reported here yesterday…. Unfortunately too late for me. Hope I will be the last one.
Now that I know it, I’ve put the picture of the villa (which does exist at the adress the scammers gave me before I booked) in Reverse Image search and it appears also on the site spainrentholidays.com, a site that was reported here already in October!
Does anyone ever warns the police (online reporting not possible for this kind of crimes, if I understand the police website correctly)?
Does anyone know how I report the IBAN number (ES36 0239 0806 7133 1307 7723) of the scammers to the bank they use (EVO banco, only a chatbox as contact form on their website, not even an e-mailadress)

Verofab.com and “habytare” (?)

Mentioned upthread nine months back and, more recently, by someone who I think also posed the question on Tripadvisor. The TA thread has two recent posts from people thinking they have also probably been scammed. Do you have any thoughts on this one, Admin?

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187479-i153-k12116613-Fab_Bale_Habytare-Tenerife_Canary_Islands.html

Copy any descriptions and do a Google search (don’t copy parts with the villa name in as they change them) Or do a Google image search. There are so many examples, 100% scam.
eg
https://booking-canaryvillas.com/property/villa-agustina/
has been copied with the villa name changed from this genuine company
https://www.solmarvillas.com/villas/spain/lanzarote/costa-teguise/villa-amapola.aspx

But note when checking they also use the same villas on other of their scam websites, eg
https://booking-canaryvillas.com/property/villa-evelina/
also appears on another one of their scam websites with the same or slightly changed names
https://www.grouptravelplus.com/en/holiday-villa-evelyn/l.396

So sometimes when you search and find it somewhere else, be careful about contacting them as you may be contacting the same scammers. It is likely there advertising campaigns were shut down quickly, hence not many online “reviews” to be found. Sorry.

New large AD campaign, lots of Tenerife apartments, your thoughts..
https://holidayapartmentsinspain.com
https://holidayapartmentsinspain.com/payment-protection-policy/

What about villas rented thru HomeAway or VRBO?

I booked with http://www.holidayapartmentsinspain.com. I signed and I paid € 2500,-. Do I have an apartement half June? Or will I be there with a child and not have something?
Can someone help me?
Thanks Miriam

Hi
My family and I are about to book this property through Tripadvisor

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/VacationRentalReview-g664636-d13121055-Stunning_Spacious_3_Bedroom_Villa_Private_Heated_Pool_Sea_Views_ISLA-Callao_Salvaje_A.html

Manager listed as: Tenerife Lettings (Property Manager Holiday Villas) and they gave me this contact number: 01702 952985

Any info on their legitimacy would be much appreciated

Thanks,

Emma

Hi!
Have you any knowlegde of https://tenerife-apartments-villas.net

https://tenerife-apartments-villas.net

We have booked with these guys and seem kosher – anyone know of them ?

https://relaxintenerife.net is a scam website advertising villas without permission

https://rentalcanary.com/ is another scam website!

Hi,
Thinking of booking a villa with :

https://www.holiday-on-tenerife.co.uk/

which is listed as being run by Intermediador Turistico Tenerife S.L run by Anna del Castillo and registered in Tenerife, with a CIF number of B76653278, she says they manage about 20 properties. I originally found the villa on Homeaway which I know is secure but by booking with this company directly I can save a lots of their fees so just wanted to check the company first please if you can advise.

Thanks

Thanks, I’ve asked if I can pay by credit card, waiting to hear but they do offer Paypal. Do you see anything on the domain name checker to make you suspicious? They have said Tatjana Eichner is the owner of the company. Thanks

I got got scammed on 26August 2017 with http://www.canarianluxvillas.com Like many I plaid the full amount upfront £1220.00 for a 3 bed villa in Tenerife as I was advised of a 10%discount if I paid the full amount plus security deposit up front. I noticed the account details matched Nationwide building society, I called them to find out if the account was legit, there could not give me personal details but did advise the account belonged with Nationwide. I also asked if there had been any reports about this account, I was told no. It was on 1st September when a forum started on Trip Advisor exposing this website as fake. I re questioned my bank who again couldn’t give me personal information but did advisor me to contact Action Fraud Police. Worried I did it straight away but after making the initial report & adding new information I have still not heard anything back from the Police despite many requests via email. I have since posed many time as various customers to a Raul Mendez who on 3 different occasions gave me 3 new account details 2 more from Nationwide & 1 from Nat west. I went to the finance obeianceman as I believe Nationwide could have assisted me with info such as: advice on the consequences of paying buy bank transfer. Nationwide investigated and advised me the only calls they found on their data base was those made after I made payment. Having made all calls by landline I approached Virgin Media for an itemised bill, but as Nantion wide has a free phone number starting with 0800 they do not keep/retain call logs for free calls. So again I have no further evidence to prove even though I know I made the call before hand, why would I make the call after I found out, That doesn’t make sense. So over a month has now past Nation wide has refused to reimburse me & the action Fraud police have not made any contact with me. So I have lost my money, but still have to find accommodation as I have booked the flights. Sad thing is it was for our family holiday?? My advice to anyone wishing to book villas/ apartments only do it using Credit Card r through a recognised dealership where you have ABTA ATOL protection. Never pay any private person by bank transfer or Debit card.

Damien
Have u done online IBAN checker
To see which bank it is?
It is banco Santander in Granada
If u do IBAN checker their phone no appears of the bank
Suggest you phone them and tell the bank you are holding them liable for holding account used for fraudulent activity
And you are reporting them to police and you want a reference no
http://www.iban.com

These are scam rental sites too

http://www.canarianluxuryvillas.com

https://www.digitaldreamsholidays.com

http://www.canariesholidayvillas.com

I just lost £1900 to http://www.canarianvillasbooking.com

Its a scam to 🙁

Is vptenerife.com a scam website?
What websites are legit that we could use?
Thanks a million!!

Spainrentholidays.com
Has anyone used this website to book a villa? The website seems legit, but I can’t find anything about the company or anything off their website. All the reviews for the villas are 5 star and I can’t find any of the reviewers on any social media platforms. I’ve done my research and come up with nothing good or bad, so I’m wary right now. Can anyone put my mind thank you

Alba Klazina
PremierHolidayBooking
Villa Leonid

Russian /Romanian scammers.

Using legit Alicante firm’s name.

Just got this email from property I booked though home away what should I do???

Further to our telephone conversation concerning the sale of the villa for your above dates.

We are very disappointed with the owner as all bookings have been agreed and we were promised they would be honoured. However our main priority at the moment is finding alternative accommodation for your and your party.

We have the following villas available;

Villa Jasmin http://www.tenerifevillasonline.co.uk/jasmin2.htm at £1240

Villa Tropica http://www.tenerifevillasonline.co.uk/tropica.htm at £1540

Villa Rochelle http://www.tenerifevillasonline.co.uk/rochelle.htm at £1650

Villa Blanca http://www.tenerifevillasonline.co.uk/blanca.htm at £1750

Any monies already paid can be transferred free of charge to your new accommodation. Any balance plus or minus can be adjusted at a later stage.

Please call Shaun on 07495 612475 if you wish to discuss this matter further.

I am thinking of booking a villa with a company called Tenerife lettings. Does anyone know anything about this company. I found the villa via trip advisor.

I have just been relieved of £1800 by http://www.canariesbooking.com

sunny-spain.com certainly looks iffy. Website only established in recent days and payment required by bank transfer.

On the other hand, I see nothing obviously iffy on the website of seasideluxuryrentals.com. Website established some years back, for example. I assume Erdie is the person who posted on Tripadvisor’s Tenerife forum about both companies. Over there. I’ve asked for more info that’s led her/him to conclude these are actually scammers.

John

I rented a condo in Destin Fl from Daniel A Young atleast I thought that was his name. Now i see his name is Bill James Fleming. I see he is on a scammer list. I sent him a deposit in Oct 30 thru paypal. How do I get my money back.

Same bunch of crooks as several exposed now pretending to be :-
Luxury holiday lifestyle

Their website
https://www.luxuryholidaylifestyle.com/

Not even bothered to flip images, eg all these images
https://www.luxuryholidaylifestyle.com/listings/villa-braulia/

stolen/copied from here
https://www.villaplus.com/destinations/villas-in-spain/villas-in-balearic-islands/majorca/puerto-pollensa/villa-llenaire

a very poor fake villa website

Can anyone confirm for definite that Villaswithaview in Tenerife are a scam.I have lost over £2100 if they are,I have searched IBANS and I.P. addresses but no definite info’ to convince me one way or the other.

I just got scamed via https://ppriorholidays.com
They Are still online and oder Great Houses! I Had a nice booking Chat with the Original E-Mail [email protected] but when I arrived at villa Los Christianes beach id:9200 with my 2 Kids but Nobody was there and the villa was already rented out to another Partie. I had to pay the Full amount before my Arrival and everything is gone still! I received an email that they will refund if i Five them my Bank Details!!!!! Police says that this is the way they try to get even more Money out of your Account. I gave them another Bank Details from a friend but no refund!!!!

Hello, now I am dealing with holidays-canaryvillas.com
They really looks like real agency, nothing shows that they are scam. How could i check them?

So it seems that this page belongs to the same people http://www.booking-canaryvillas.com/ and https://rentalcars-canary.com

Ofice address ( Imeldo Serís, 57, 3C, 38003, Santa Cruz, Tenerife – Spain) and phone number were the same, but now it is changed.

Admin, new advertiser, new domain, mobile number, you come across anything ?
https://luxuryestatevillas.com/

Thought you’d like to know that there are a couple of threads running on the Tripadvisor Tenerife forum linking to your site, as showing the most comprehensive list of scam websites. Contributors there are “bumping” the threads every day to keep them on the first page of the forum list. Hopefully, if new websites are mentioned there, someone will come and notify you.

Estate Luxury Home
http://www.estateluxuryhome.com

Same crooks running other websites. Do not be fooled by it being a domain established in 2009, that makes no difference. The crooks wait for an old unwanted domain name to expire then transfer it to them, very easy to do.
This is frankly a very poor fake website, simply a copy and paste from other ones. Very easy to find the real villas on other sites they have simply copied images and descriptions from.

Looks like another possible victim of whatever are the “goings on” with the Suites at Beverley Hills in Los Cris

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187479-i153-k12702177-Signallia_and_The_Suites_at_Beverley_Hills-Tenerife_Canary_Islands.html

The website is incomplete and there is no physical address. Reviews on TA look legit and Paypal offers payment protection through their system.

Is http://www.staytenrife.co.uka scan website – they also go under Evolve Resorts?

Fantastic service you are providing for hard working , mabye not so web savvy holidaymakers .

Keep up the good work and help guys

was this genuine?

Hi from the Tripadvisor Tenerife forum.

Just to let you know we are now back linking to your new home. I’m afraid we’d lost btouch with you when you moved here.

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g187479-i153-k13827783-Property_rental_scams_new_updated_thread-Tenerife_Canary_Islands.html

regards

John

Three more probable scam sites, reported on our Tripadvisor thread:

https://booking-canaryvilla.com/

https://booking-canaryhome.com/

https://booking-canaries.com/

Our contributor, Simon, has done some research and reports that “The sites were only registered in August. Tricky thing: the company name and registration and ID actually exist for real estate businesses. The real company is however registered under a different address than the ones stated on the websites. This is definetly a scam as one of their listings has completly different prices on the different sites while the actual property is for sale with an real estate agent.”

Hello Peter,

on your website I just found out that I booking-canaries.com is a scam. I booked a villa through them in October. Is there anything I can do to get my money back?

Looking foreward to your answer,
Lukas

Beware villas-canaryrentals.com and sister site
canary-villasrental.com

2 identical sites aimed and English and German speakers.

The customer reviews are poorly written and the photos of
*The Team* are actually taken from google.
One of the team is actually a photo of the Spanish secretary of immigration and another member of the teams image is easy to trace on many google pages and absolutely isn’t working in a real estate agency.

I can’t believe these reprobates are still at it:
https://canary-villasrental.com
https://villas-canaryrentals.com

The first site: https://canary-villasrental.com
Was highlighted on this webpage in 2017 but it seems to have made a come back.
According to the whois database the domain name is only 54 days old

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