Appropiate action to be taken on a rental scam?

bigbun12

Thanks for all the pointers everyone. I'll pursue these avenues, as pointed out money may be gone but want him to find out there are consequences of his actions.

bigbun12

No it was spareroom. She tried to call them but didn't have much luck tracking his ad down as he removed it and his phone number wasn't registered. I suspect she wasn't pushy enough with them and got fobbed off so I'm going to give them a call myself tomorrow as we have his passport etc

dancingfairy

Getting a ccj is one thing, enforcing it another. If they have a car or property you can send in bailiffs, if the debt was sufficiently large you could make them bankrupt, if you have details of where they work you can apply for an attachment of earnings, if you have bank details you can apply for a third party debt order ( basically arresting their bank account). The trouble is getting this infornation. I think you would have to serve an order to attend court for questioning where you fivd out about their place of work, bank accounts etc and if they failed to turn up then I think they could be arrested. Once you have the information you then have to pay money for bailiffs or to pursue your chosen route ( and the rogue tenant could disappear).
It's almost impossible to pursue a judgement unless you are very determined, have some luck and are prepared to spend money on the process and, even then you are not guaranteed success. I would definitely report to action fraud and possibly itsslso worth alerting the homeow wr as already mentioned.
Personally I wouldn't go for court given the costs and chance of success. Sadly you arent likely to see that money again
Df

kinger101

bigbun12 wrote: »

are there any other avenues we need to explore to pursue this individual

Yes, a dark one that has no CCTV.

Only joking. I'd report it to the police myself.

bigbun12

dancingfairy wrote: »

Getting a ccj is one thing, enforcing it another. If they have a car or property you can send in bailiffs, if the debt was sufficiently large you could make them bankrupt, if you have details of where they work you can apply for an attachment of earnings, if you have bank details you can apply for a third party debt order ( basically arresting their bank account). The trouble is getting this infornation. I think you would have to serve an order to attend court for questioning where you fivd out about their place of work, bank accounts etc and if they failed to turn up then I think they could be arrested. Once you have the information you then have to pay money for bailiffs or to pursue your chosen route ( and the rogue tenant could disappear).
It's almost impossible to pursue a judgement unless you are very determined, have some luck and are prepared to spend money on the process and, even then you are not guaranteed success. I would definitely report to action fraud and possibly itsslso worth alerting the homeow wr as already mentioned.
Personally I wouldn't go for court given the costs and chance of success. Sadly you arent likely to see that money again
Df

Thanks really useful. We do have his account no too as she paid him with a bank transfer but idon't think we are willing to pay anymore than a CCJ fee to pursue really as its a bit of a risk to throw more money at it for the sake of £600.

Can you also pursue the costs of enforcement from him ?