Spam Enquiries

[Helen889]

Anybody else getting lots of SPAM enquiries from people who can’t speak English properly, claim to be foreign medics and provide their phone number to contact them outside Airbandb? Also had one swearing quite a lot - is very unnerving...

[Lawrene0]

The outside contact numbers and the swearing are good indicators that all is not well with these enquiries. Unnerving indeed. Are you flagging their profiles, @Helen889 ? 

[Helen889]

Yes most definitely have been reported 

[Mel131]

Yes I received one today. Claimed to be a doctor sent to the area, no reviews, bad grammar and wanting me to message him on WhatsApp.

[Jess155]

Yes we have gotten about one a week. The last 2 haven't even been translated, just lots of forgin characters.  We are reporting them.  They seem to always be for about a month stay and offer to pay outside of Airbnb.

[Susan17]

@Helen889 @Jess155 @Mel131 @Lawrene0 

Airbnb Spam Surges as Scammers Target Desperate Hosts during COVID-19 – STR Insider

https://strinsider.com/airbnb-spam-covid-19/

[Elisabeth40]

I get suspicious requests, just one sentence, some say, "Call me", some just ask "Are you hosting", some call me different names instead of my name. When I respond, none of them replying back.