@Lisa7403
People DO use Airbnb for long term stays. It depends where you are and what you are offering. I currently have a Chinese girl staying with me for a very long stay and she is not the first. But, I am renting out individual rooms and wanting to rent an entire inn for months seems a bit odd.
The thing is not whether it's a long term stay or the person is Chinese. It's about looking out for red flags, which it does sound like you are doing already. Some of the common ones are:
1. Wanting to do a viewing/requesting a video/additional photos with no reason
2. Wanting to communicate or pay off platform
3. Lack of information, i.e. no proper message of introduction with details about the people staying, purpose of stay etc. and no valid questions that people would ask prior to a long term stay.
I had an enquiry the other day, which consisted only of a request to do a viewing. I explained why that was not possible. Then the person asked me to send them photos of the room, which is extremely odd as there are several photos of the room on the listing, including the main photo. I told them to look at the listing. The next thing they are asking to book for two people when the room is clearly advertised as just for one. I have no idea if it was a scam or this person was just stupid, but I politely told them to go away.