A stunning luxury six-bed holiday home for rent in the heart of Verbier. The catch? The SFr12,300 ($11400)-a-week house, Chalet Lumière, does not actually exist. … According to the police and the Verbier tourist office, several groups of foreign tourists have fallen victim to the rental scam on the site “skichalet-verbier.com which was eventually shut down last weekend. Local tourist officials got wind of the ruse late last year when a tour operator tipped them off …
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False chalet scam in Verbier uncovered. – swissinfo
