Scam alert! How can I make sure a listing is real?

[Kim207]

This will be my first time using Airbnb so I'm a bit weary about listings being fake.

What can I do to make sure a listing is real and not a scam?

What should I be looking out for?

Thanks

[Jullie2]

Hi, I was wondering if you guys could also check this out if it’s a scam: 

https://abnb.me/le0jR8qwR0

[Sanjay64]

Fake listing.... looks exactly....says to email outside of AirBnB....then says to send money by bank transfer...name of host is different to name of person to pay....address is a dumpsite!  Check the URL.....it starts of with airbnb but then it is alrbnb  with the 'l' almost looking like the 'i'.

https://www.airbnb.alrbnb-rooms-238543302.com/1/itinerary/17/itinerary-fp30ew6g/qtOAAaOwOw

[Tj68]

Def fake.

[Albert1605]

Hello can you guys help me out with this link! im about to travel to miami and have second thoughts

https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/38231554?source_impression_id=p3_1571691000_BrwstMlyMoyKW3hG

[Tj68]

Looks extremely shady. 2 Properties, same photos, different titles. 1 has 1 review about it being cancelled.

[Patrick1756]

Hi

I’ve seen quite a few scams lately but I think this looks pretty legit, could you let me know your thoughts?

https://abnb.me/FRf2CAwh40

thanks

patrick

[Amber395]

Is this listing real?

https://airbnb.co-modern-property-room2311223.com/1/listing/22/view-nlemvtgv/XohlP-af_Q

[Sarah977]

@Amber395  No, that's not an Airbnb URL- it's a scam.

[Jullie2]

Hi, I was wondering if this is also a legit Airbnb https://abnb.me/1FQobcgxd1

[Egor450]

Hello, what do u think is it real? https://www.airbnb.ru/rooms/39522405

[Aarti10]

Hi all - do you think think this is legit? 

Messaged the 'owner' slightly rude when i asked whether they are able to prove it is a legitimate property. but what do you all think? 

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/39770800?adults=2&check_in=2020-01-13&check_out=2020-01-18&children=0...

[Tj68]

Perhaps I am being paranoid, we have stayed at a new AirBnB every month this year and this is the first time that I have nerves about a booking. Host has sent me a few messages, but the photos are either from before/after renovations or are taken from elsewhere. For every reason I think it's fake, there is another reason I think it's real: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/19747965?source_impression_id=p3_1573176985_5em8ArzDf%2BYP%2FFCV

Mostly I'm concerned no one has stayed there in year+. Their other property has more recent stays though.

[Anki139]

Is that a real airbnb page?

https://www.airbnb.com-itinerary-property-room-8173516.icu/invoice/LK888688

[Elena87]

@Anki139 

No - fake url being used. Don't wire money

https://community.withairbnb.com/t5/Help/Rental-scam-using-Airbnb-How-should-I-go-forward-if-at-all/...

[Laurel118]

I just tried booking an Airbnb in Nuevo Vallarta and it was $53. Per night but when I went to pay and almost did for two months it was $20,000 dollars I will never book anything like this ever again. Thank goodness I hesitated before I paid thought it must be pesos not Canadian dollars and then fun funbwgan and I knew it was a scam! I may be old but, a little slow but not totally stupid! Sure opened myeyes