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'I was evicted and lost £20,000 in a rent scam'

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79% Informative

Craig Spokes , 36 , paid a year 's rent upfront for a flat in Bloomsbury , London .

He transferred 19,500 to Samy Daim, who he believed was the landlord.

Mr Daim was in fact a tenant himself, renting the flat from the real landlord.

Three weeks after he moved in, Mr Spokes was evicted by bailiffs instructed by the real owner.

Action Fraud , the police reporting body for scams, said it was not recommending an investigation.

VR Score

77

Informative language

72

Neutral language

91

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

36

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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