A man said he felt “embarrassed and ashamed” after losing almost £20,000 of his inheritance in a rental scam and being evicted from his flat three weeks after he moved in.
Craig Spokes, 36, from Northampton, paid a year’s rent upfront for a flat in London to Samy Daim, who he believed was the landlord. Yet less than a month after moving in, Mr Spokes was told to leave and all his possessions were left on the street.
Mr Daim, 27, has since not responded to Mr Spokes or to the ‘s requests for comment.
Action Fraud, the police reporting body for scams, said it was not recommending an investigation into the case.
