Tara Mills reports on the Russia-based online Newcastle Accommodation scam targeting students. A Russian based internet scam is trying to cheat students from here out of hundreds of pounds.It is trying to tempt young people looking to rent properties for the next academic year to part with their cash by money transfer. But the properties available on the computer screens don’t exist. The advice from the experts is that you should find your flat the old-fashioned way. That is visit it in person and meet your future landlord. BBC Newsline’s Tara Mills has this exclusive report. BBC Newsline talks to Consumerline Manager, Stephen Thompson, about online Newcastle Accommodation scams. BBC Newsline website Bookmark with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon What are these? E-mail this to a friend Printable version Print Sponsor BBC.adverts.write(“storyprintsponsorship”); BBC.adverts.show(“storyprintsponsorship”); bbc_adsense_slot = “adsense_middle”;”au” == “us” ? bbc_adsense_country = “au” : bbc_adsense_country = “rest”; BBC.adverts.show(“adsense_middle”);