Bogus South Shields hotels featured on website were part of ‘jobs scam’

0 Have your say Websites which advertised homes in South Shields as hotels were part of a jobs scam, investigators believe.
The Gazette revealed earlier this year that Collingwood House, in Harbour View, and homes in Long Row had been pictured on websites and marketed as luxury hotels.
They were being advertised as Royal Mills and Hotel Suites and the Glascoville Hotel respectively but the websites were later taken down.
Following an investigation from the National Trading Standards eCrime team, it is believed that it was a jobs scam designed to “steal” personal information.
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