Could a fraudster steal my deposit?

<p>Buying a house or moving into a new home should be an exciting moment in anyone’s life, but as with all aspects of society, this major live event is being infiltrated by fraudsters, keen to make a quick getaway with your hard earned cash. </p><p>In this Which? investigation we’ll be hearing how the property market could be vulnerable to scammers, with some would-be buyers losing huge sums of money through illegal activity carried out by highly organised criminals.</p><p><a href="https://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/scams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read our latest scam alerts and sign up for our free newsletter</a>.</p>