Because of that offer, the sites drew in a lot of Irish victims. The Irish victims paid for “phantom” boats advertised on islandboats.co.uk, while others paid for camper vans and caravans which they had seen online on a second fraudulent website, caravan2009.co.uk. Stolen company identitiesMeanwhile, the second company victim, Nottingham-based Caravan 2009 Limited has traded properly for more than a decade, selling caravanning accessories. One Irish victim had even tracked down his accountant’s home in England and called to it. However, senior Garda sources confirmed to The Irish Times multiple victims had made complaints to the force about islandboats.co.uk and caravan2009.co.uk.

Source: The Irish Times July 08, 2020 02:03 UTC