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Offline mudd

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Airbnb scam, be careful
« on: May 04, 2018, 07:45:18 AM »
so yesterday, went to friends house to pick him up to go shopping. He gets in the car and tells me, "see that guy leaving in  the taxi? he came here, asked the porteria to come up to my apt. i asked why, he said he was renting my apartment for a week."


so my friend says " sorry, i dont know what your talking about and i dont rent my apartment,"


guy says " i rented through Airbnb, i paid $ 1000 for a week, i dont understand "


seems somehow this guy got scammed, dont know how, but he had my friends address and the apartment # in Medellin.


I  would assume this guy sent cash instead of using a credit card, bad idea.


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Re: Airbnb scam, be careful
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 08:20:41 AM »
so yesterday, went to friends house to pick him up to go shopping. He gets in the car and tells me, "see that guy leaving in  the taxi? he came here, asked the porteria to come up to my apt. i asked why, he said he was renting my apartment for a week."


so my friend says " sorry, i dont know what your talking about and i dont rent my apartment,"


guy says " i rented through Airbnb, i paid $ 1000 for a week, i dont understand "


seems somehow this guy got scammed, dont know how, but he had my friends address and the apartment # in Medellin.


I  would assume this guy sent cash instead of using a credit card, bad idea.

If the guy rented through Airbnb he will get his money back
There are all kinds of warnings on the site telling people to never pay for an apartment unless you pay through Airbnb

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Re: Airbnb scam, be careful
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2018, 08:07:12 PM »
Maybe he just got the addresses mixed up...

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