I recently had a “verified” guest instant book with a fake name. I found out after dealing with 2 separate Airbnb community support reps that anyone, including hosts, can get “verified” and then change their name and/or photo.
For example, I had a guest damage some furniture and when I went back to read all of the reviews on their profile I saw that the name of the guest was different in each review! It was a group of people sharing a single VERIFIED Airbnb profile. This is ludicrous! What’s worse is that Airbnb knows and does nothing about it.
Get it together Airbnb! You have ONE job! To keep me safe while I make you money.