@Ned-And-Laura0 -
fraud - a person or thing intended to deceive others, typically by unjustifiably claiming or being credited with accomplishments or qualities
The " business" is not the property - the business is the HOSTING. The host is an essential part of the business and changing the host means you are changing the business. A new host is a NEW business, not changing hands like "management". This is why the reviews are tied to the host not the property. If the host leaves one property and goes to the other, the reviews go with the host because what they do, how they do it, and how they provide HOSTING is the business. No 2 hosts are alike and by perpetuating yourself as being someone else, is, at it's core, fraud. By changing the name, email, and other profile items by allowing someone to pretend they are YOU in doing so, this is fraud at the outset. If anyone logged onto your account that is not you, you would call it hacking and hacking IS fraud (and criminal).
Also, each reservation is a contract. You cannot change the terms of the contract without consent of all parties. The guests chose THAT host at THAT property. Any of those conditions change, then the contract is void. By changing the names on the accounts, you are affecting a fraud on those people who have contracted to stay there. This is basic fraud - misrepresenting yourself - it's not unlike a guest sending another person instead of themselves. Additionally, unless everything stays exactly the same (the furniture, the configuration, the bed, the appliances, the way the kitchen is outfitted, the co-host, etc.) - all material items in which the guest chose this property over another - these are changes that can get a guest a full refund and cancellation because they are considered something of a "bait and switch" which is why there is a review mark for "accuracy".
Let's talk briefly about the trust and verification that happens - when the account was set up it was verified by Airbnb regarding the original host. By changing material items, name, email, etc., all those verification steps are now worthless. If a guest did this, any person who passes the verification process and then "gives" their account to someone else, is doing so fraudulently, to bypass basic security measures. https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1308/does-airbnb-perform-background-checks-on-members .
https://www.airbnb.com/terms
4. Account Registration
4.4 ...You may not assign or otherwise transfer your Airbnb Account to another party.
10. Ratings and Reviews
10.4 Ratings and Reviews are part of a Member’s public profile ...
14. Prohibited Activities
- avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, impair, descramble, or otherwise attempt to circumvent any technological measure implemented by Airbnb or any of Airbnb's providers or any other third party to protect the Airbnb Platform;
15. Term and Termination, Suspension and other Measures
15.5 ...(iii) you have provided inaccurate, fraudulent, outdated or incomplete information during the Airbnb Account registration, Listing process or thereafter...
Hopefully this has helped you understand why this is fraud and against policy.
