Manchester conman scammed landlords inspired by hollywood movie.

A conman in Manchester earlier this month was jailed for three years and 11 months for scamming landlords in Manchester out of thousands of pounds.

Alexander Da Silva managed to con owners of luxury Manchester apartments by using false identities. Not very original, but the unoriginality by no means stops here.  He based his conman look on the focal character in the Hollywood flick ‘Catch me if you can’, yes thats right – he even pretended to be a pilot and said he worked for an airline- dream on buddy!

The scam amounted in £20,000 and he admitted to 11 counts of fraud.

Mr Da Silva had secured false references and multiple passports, which on is reported to carry the name Romeo DiCaprio – serious identity crisis.  He would rent luxurious apartments but never paid the rent.  It was also reported that that Da Silva used to walk around the building dressed as a pilot, I’m not sure but I’m pretty sure pilot outfits would be quite expensive, I guess that’s an affordable luxury when your living rent free!

As always these stories show how imperative it is for landlords to reference their tenants properly and thoroughly, and if they have a name such as Romeo Dicaprio and their  dressed as a pilot and it all seems a bit de ja vu the run then reference your tenant online quickly.