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Originally Posted by ZSZRANDRF900
Sadly i have just discovered that when i recently handed over 1640 to pay for the rental of a holiday villa, through www.homeaway.co.uk, wasn't actually going to the owner of the villa, but to an east european gang who have hacked various parts of the website and are directing enquiry e-mails etc to them rather than the owners. consequently i have lost my money, and 7 hours yesterday with Lloyds bank and the Fraud squad have highlighted that i cannot get it back from the bank or the website owners. so i have to raise funds to cover this loss, so will be selling my 180. |
Strange... if the website you used is a legitimate website that has been hacked then they are liable and by law should fix their website and refund you the money.
Funny enough my day to day job means I am a network and security specialist for the firm I work for and as part of that I am a "Certified Hacker" so I would like to think I know the law... Unfortunately the fraud squad don't know the law in these scenarios as much as they should.
As for the 180... I would love it but I don't have that sort of cash at the moment
