Fraudulent listing

[Patricia349]

How do you report a possible (probable) fraudulant listing on Airbnb.  I live in a VERY small town and I truly do not believe the home listed exists.  I also see that they set up about 2 or 3 more in the city about 15 minutes down the road. They are all listed as "NEW" and they give very little info about themselves and the homes for rent.

[Patricia349]

Here is the listing I'm referring to:  https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/17310803?s=mpgM1gaQ

[Sabine42]

all you can do is flag the profile and the listing, along with the co-host. i don't know how many 'flags' it takes to alert airbnb, maybe one is enough. this listing is so obviously fake i can't imagine anybody actually booking there, but these kids will probably just create a new scam listing once it's removed. it's a shame airbnb makes it so easy to set up fake listings, they should have better controls in place, until then it's vigilant hosts like yourself to keep an eye out 🙂

[Patricia349]

Thanks Sabine,  Looks like they are now up to 10 potential fradulant listings, including the one I mentioned.  The other 9 are all in Wichita Falls, TX.  I'll need to find out how to flag them.

[Sabine42]

there is a little flag on the listing, just under the booking button, it says 'flag this listing', same with the profile, it says 'flag this profile', it will then prompt you to state why you're flagging it, i chose 'this listing is not an accomodation'