I recently had ,an enquiry from someone in Taiwan with a profile name Wan-Ting, no other information or photo!. The first message was saying the booking would be for two girls from Taiwan who will be backpacking for a year and want to book a room for a whole year and what would the weekly rate be! The message came from 'Lucy', I didn't feel that reassured by this request so asked a few questions and was told, in excellent English with grammar much better than mine and that they would be working in Australia. I heard nothing back for days, then got a message saying they do not speak English?? and would be on a working visa for maybe two years.
I declined the potential booking in the end because noting abut their request felt right. No profile, no photo
I am very new to hosting on Air BnB, has anyone else had spurious requests for accommodation like this? and was I wrong to sense red flags?