Another scam victim, Rebecca, 17, who did not want to be identified by her real name, said she paid a £240 deposit to someone on Facebook who was advertising a caravan holiday at Trecco Bay Holiday Park in Porthcawl.
But, when she turned up at the site she was told the caravan she booked didn’t exist.
Rebecca, from Merthyr Tydfil, said: “On the day we were going down to the caravan, we were texting them, but we got no response.
“Once we got to the caravan park, that was when we found out that it wasn’t real.
“When I phoned the police, they took my details and all the information that I had, but were told there wasn’t much they could have been done, as the person who scammed us could be anywhere in the world.
“It hasn’t been the easiest couple of years for us as a family, so to lose this money, it is a lot for us. The summer is here, and we needed that money.”
