Ministers have urged young renters to avoid paying for a rental property before viewing it in person, following new crime data from the Home Office which revealed that individuals aged 18 to 29 represented nearly half (48%) of reported rental fraud cases last year.
The data, sourced from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, also showed that the 30 to 39 age group accounted for an additional 25% of cases.
