Potential Scam

[Megan1434]

so my boyfriend booked this accommodation last night for his stay 23 Feb to 2 March with his friends however when I go onto the listing those dates are still available for me to book. The listing looks okay but they have had no correspondence from the host. The listing has all 5 star reviews all from recently so this makes me feel like they have been scammed into paying for a property that they won't actually be able to stay in. Can you advise?

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/835387416156790690?source_impression_id=p3_1740244649_P3ZWZSbmM7cV3OY...

[Shelley159]

Hi @Megan1434 

I'm afraid this doesn't make sense and something went wrong.

When a listing is booked, the calendar dates are automatically blocked in real time. If the host canceled the booking, the guest would automatically have been notified and the cancellation would show in the message thread of the booking.

It's possible that the booking never went through (perhaps the booking request was denied). If this was the case, the booking amount would not have gone off the credit card.