Max, a finance analyst, has explained how he ended up losing hundreds of pounds belonging to his friends after he fell for a scam while trying to book a holiday in Paris, France
A man accidentally lost his friends’ holiday money after they asked him to book them a stay.
Max found himself ensnared in a nasty holiday booking scam that cost not only him, but his friends as well. The group of 10 had planned a trip to Paris and asked Max – a dependable pair of hands as a finance professional – to make the booking.
“I’ve always been seen as the more organised one in the group – the sort to share pension tips rather than set up pub trips – and so as usual took charge of arranging everything for the holiday, including the accommodation,” Max told the Mirror. “[A tournament] led to rooms across the city being booked up and prices were high. I felt a bit nervous, and didn’t want to report back that the best I could do was a poky two-star hotel slightly out of town.
“As I was about to give up, I spotted something that seemed…
