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The Irish Sun
5 days ago
- The Irish Sun
Globetrotting fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200k to fund lavish lifestyle is jailed
A GLOBETROTTING fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200,000 to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed. Samy Daim, 28, advertised luxury properties he did not own, collected substantial deposits from his victims and then disappeared. Advertisement 4 Samy Daim conned tenants out of £200k Credit: Central News 4 He posted photos of his travels after stealing the cash Credit: Central News The former estate agent targeted 11 prospective tenants in total - including teen students - to the tune of £213,180. He then splurged the cash on luxury holidays around the world, which he bragged about on social media. Daim has now been jailed for four years and four months after he admitted admitted 11 counts of fraud by false representation. Inner London Crown Court was told Daim carried out the fraud between 2023 and 2024. Advertisement Read more news He would book Airbnbs to advertise on Rightmove and Zoopla before getting a woman to show the victims around the property. Daim then asked for a year's rent upfront along with a 25 percent deposit before pocketing the cash. He even used his own flat in London for the scam - even though his own landlord was trying to boot him out for not paying rent. The fraudster shared a string of photos on social media while spending his ill-gotten gains. Advertisement Most read in The Sun This included a picture of him feeding an elephant in Thailand and posing next to an infinity pool on an expensive trip to propose to his girlfriend. Daim also posed on a Jeep beside the beach at Key West in Florida. His scheming came to an end when he was arrested while attempting to get on a plane to Thailand at Heathrow. The amount he stole from his victims ranged from between £10,730 and £19,800 - totalling £204,180. Advertisement Some of the victims, who were as young as 18, managed to reclaim the money through their banks. But one of the prospective tenants was an international student who never got his money back. Judge Silas Reid told Daim: "All of the victims suffered considerable detrimental impact and the amount of money was significant. "Two of the victims suffered serious detrimental effects, one of them his wife was pregnant and they were left in a situation almost unable to afford food, and of course they still needed to secure accommodation. Advertisement "One was recently bereaved which meant your actions had an even greater impact. "One victim suffered their hair falling out, disrupted sleep and one lost his job and had nowhere to live." 4 Daim used Airbnbs to show his unsuspecting victims Credit: Central News 4 He would then vanish with the cash Credit: Central News Advertisement
Scottish Sun
5 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Globetrotting fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200k to fund lavish lifestyle is jailed
Some victims still battling to get cash back CROOK CAGED Globetrotting fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200k to fund lavish lifestyle is jailed Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A GLOBETROTTING fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200,000 to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed. Samy Daim, 28, advertised luxury properties he did not own, collected substantial deposits from his victims and then disappeared. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Samy Daim conned tenants out of £200k Credit: Central News 4 He posted photos of his travels after stealing the cash Credit: Central News The former estate agent targeted 11 prospective tenants in total - including teen students - to the tune of £213,180. He then splurged the cash on luxury holidays around the world, which he bragged about on social media. Daim has now been jailed for four years and four months after he admitted admitted 11 counts of fraud by false representation. Inner London Crown Court was told Daim carried out the fraud between 2023 and 2024. He would book Airbnbs to advertise on Rightmove and Zoopla before getting a woman to show the victims around the property. Daim then asked for a year's rent upfront along with a 25 percent deposit before pocketing the cash. He even used his own flat in London for the scam - even though his own landlord was trying to boot him out for not paying rent. The fraudster shared a string of photos on social media while spending his ill-gotten gains. This included a picture of him feeding an elephant in Thailand and posing next to an infinity pool on an expensive trip to propose to his girlfriend. Daim also posed on a Jeep beside the beach at Key West in Florida. His scheming came to an end when he was arrested while attempting to get on a plane to Thailand at Heathrow. The amount he stole from his victims ranged from between £10,730 and £19,800 - totalling £204,180. Some of the victims, who were as young as 18, managed to reclaim the money through their banks. But one of the prospective tenants was an international student who never got his money back. Judge Silas Reid told Daim: "All of the victims suffered considerable detrimental impact and the amount of money was significant. "Two of the victims suffered serious detrimental effects, one of them his wife was pregnant and they were left in a situation almost unable to afford food, and of course they still needed to secure accommodation. "One was recently bereaved which meant your actions had an even greater impact. "One victim suffered their hair falling out, disrupted sleep and one lost his job and had nowhere to live." 4 Daim used Airbnbs to show his unsuspecting victims Credit: Central News
The Sun
5 days ago
- The Sun
Globetrotting fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200k to fund lavish lifestyle is jailed
A GLOBETROTTING fake landlord who swindled desperate tenants out of £200,000 to fund his lavish lifestyle has been jailed. Samy Daim, 28, advertised luxury properties he did not own, collected substantial deposits from his victims and then disappeared. 4 The former estate agent targeted 11 prospective tenants in total - including teen students - to the tune of £213,180. He then splurged the cash on luxury holidays around the world, which he bragged about on social media. Daim has now been jailed for four years and four months after he admitted admitted 11 counts of fraud by false representation. Inner London Crown Court was told Daim carried out the fraud between 2023 and 2024. He would book Airbnbs to advertise on Rightmove and Zoopla before getting a woman to show the victims around the property. Daim then asked for a year's rent upfront along with a 25 percent deposit before pocketing the cash. He even used his own flat in London for the scam - even though his own landlord was trying to boot him out for not paying rent. The fraudster shared a string of photos on social media while spending his ill-gotten gains. This included a picture of him feeding an elephant in Thailand and posing next to an infinity pool on an expensive trip to propose to his girlfriend. Daim also posed on a Jeep beside the beach at Key West in Florida. His scheming came to an end when he was arrested while attempting to get on a plane to Thailand at Heathrow. The amount he stole from his victims ranged from between £10,730 and £19,800 - totalling £204,180. Some of the victims, who were as young as 18, managed to reclaim the money through their banks. But one of the prospective tenants was an international student who never got his money back. Judge Silas Reid told Daim: "All of the victims suffered considerable detrimental impact and the amount of money was significant. "Two of the victims suffered serious detrimental effects, one of them his wife was pregnant and they were left in a situation almost unable to afford food, and of course they still needed to secure accommodation. "One was recently bereaved which meant your actions had an even greater impact. "One victim suffered their hair falling out, disrupted sleep and one lost his job and had nowhere to live." 4 4
Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
Globetrotting fraudster who posed as landlord to scam victims facing jail
Samy Daim, 28, advertised properties he did not own and demanded substantial deposits before vanishing with the cash. The scam allowed him to live the high life and regularly jet off to exotic spots A globetrotting fraudster who posed as a landlord to scam desperate tenants out of thousands of pounds is now facing jail. Samy Daim, 28, advertised properties he did not own and demanded substantial deposits before vanishing with the cash. The scam allowed him to live the high life and regularly jet off to exotic spots. He then callously showed off his love of luxury in a string of boastful Instagram snaps. He shared images showing him feeding an elephant in Thailand and posing next to an infinity pool in a white spa robe. In another, he sits bare-chested on the roof of a Jeep next to a palm-tree-lined Florida beach. Daim admitted two counts of fraud by false representation on Friday after pocketing £1,9730 for plugging a London property he had 'no intention of renting out.' The conman is also charged with nine further counts of fraud relating to nine victims and totalling £164,720. He is being held at London's Wormwood Scrubs and is due to be sentenced in June. Last night Martin Richardson of the National Fraud Helpline said: 'It is so rare that fraudsters are caught and convicted so we are very pleased that justice has been done. "The crisis in the housing market, rent fraud is a growing problem. Wherever there is desperation, fraudsters will appear to exploit the situation. 'Daim's actions caused a dire financial and emotional toll on his victims. One of our clients had to leave London as a result of the scam and was forced to live in a caravan until we successfully recovered his money." Richardson, whose law firm represented two of Daim's victims, continued: 'We believe that this case also demonstrates that more needs to be done by everyone to fight the scourge of fraud. 'You have to question how Daim was able to sign up with a letting agency and have the property he didn't own posted for rent on online property platforms. Someone should have carried out a simple Land Registry check, which would have shown he did not own the property.' Some 9 million people were caught out by financial scams in the past year, with one in five across the UK falling victim to a scam. The most common scams involve marketplace frauds with fake sales or impersonation schemes, where scammers pretend to be someone else. It emerged emerged in March scammers had used fake Facebook and other social media ads featuring celebrities such as Zoe Ball, Ben Fogle, and Martin Lewis to promote a variety of investment schemes, resulting in British victims losing a combined total of £9 million. And in France, a woman was scammed out of £700,000 by someone pretending to be Hollywood star Brad Pitt, even leading her to believe they were in a relationship.
