Hello,
The other day I received an email and sms which was so obviously a scam. It said "Hello ,I want to book your appartment, contact me" and then had the phone number written. I didn't answer but wanted to report it to airbnb. However , in the section it only opens up a form in the case I had lost money. Then, I only found it possible to report this person via the airbnb POST, but this was an email and the airbnb site didn't let me report it.
Anyway, this erson called themselves MIRA and the email came in the form of a proper airbnb request.
It's quite obvious it's a scam but best to warn.
Rosalind