Renter caught out in Airbnb scam

A conman rented a house to a student by getting access to the property on Airbnb and pretending he was the letting agent, a court heard. Shaun Francis, 27, conned the Egyptian woman out of £1,100 by posing as a managing agent at Urban London Developments. Francis claimed he was managing a studio flat in Paddington, organised a viewing and sent his victim a bundle of false documentation, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. Prosecutor Frances McCormack said: ‘On 1 February 2022…