Ok - So home from work and can tell the story.
As many of you know, we are going to London coz SIL wanted us to go so much and said that she would provide the accom at her house. Anyway she changed her mind for a number of different reasons. So I cracked the $hitty's and wanted to cancel the trip. She agreed to fund the accom, and found a place. It all seemed legit, web site was like any other that you would book and buy a product from. So she booked and paid the deposit. Anyway she has been calling and calling to ask him some questions, and started to get suss. So she googled his name, and up popped all this info about how he is a huge scam artist and he has ripped people off for millions of pounds. So she has now lost her $700, and we still don't have anywhere to stay.