Staff at a Wetherspoons pub in London are reportedly turning away large numbers of visitors after a scam listing is said to have used the pub’s address on Booking.com for supposed “luxury apartments.” According to coverage of the issue, staff say they are dealing with around 20 tourists a day seeking accommodation connected to the listing.
The reporting ties the problem to an investigation by Which?, which says scammers have been able to create a fake accommodation listing on the platform using an address associated with the pub. The allegations center on the mismatch between the listing’s advertised accommodation and the real location at the Wetherspoons.
While outlets focus on the impact on the pub’s staff and customers, the underlying claim across reports is that an online travel listing can be created with an address already in use for a different business, leading to confusion and potential fraud. The articles do not present evidence of who is responsible beyond the allegation of scam activity, and they describe the incident primarily through the lens of affected staff and the investigative findings.
