Lord Alan Sugar has claimed he has been embroiled in an Airbnb scam after a family allegedly arrived at one of his homes in London expecting to stay there.
The Apprentice star, 72, has accused unnamed fraudsters of taking photographs from an estate agents’ website and advertising the home on the company’s website.
Writing on Twitter, Lord Sugar said: “WARNING AIRBNB SCAM: Yesterday a American family of 6 turned up at one of my proprieties [sic] in London.
“They had been scammed to think they could rent it for 3 days.
“The scammers took a photo from an estate agents web site and stole over $600 from these poor people. B*****DS “.
Lord Sugar did not say if he has contacted the police.
Standard Online has approached Lord Sugar’s representatives and Airbnb for comment.