Update: After 14 days from my first notifying AirBnB over this issue, after several hours on the phone with very unhelpful and unknowledgeable "help" people, the issue appears to be resolved. The offending listing has completely disappeared. The email notifying me that AirBnB had removed the photos was actually mis-addressed. "**" started the note with the greeting "Dear **", as though writing to himself. Such attention to detail.
Anyway, some tips: Use Google's image search to spot check if there has been any similar misuse of YOUR images. Read up on AirBnB's copyright page, www.airbnb.com/terms/copyright_policy
They give the info they need to proceed against copyright violators. The blatant fraud was a higher concern for me, but this was the way to stop it. I had given all of this verbally, over the phone, and was told it would be taken care of. Don't ever trust these kinds of statements. Seems to me now that I was brushed off so many times with this sort of statement. The front line phone people, as I look back on my experience, seem more interested in getting rid of calls, rather than dealing with the actual problem. I am stuck with AirBnB. I basically have been happy with the platform. But, in my experience, they only work well when you don't need them for anything outside of contributing to their income stream.
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