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jamandeggs on July 21, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Be aware of phishing at airbnb

Keeping the communication on AirBNB doesn't really help. I've had hosts who admitted that they listed a fake address with fake names via AirBNB's messages, but AirBNB doesn't care.

kkhire on July 21, 2014 [–]

I'm sure they care and do their best to rid these posts, but every single marketplace has this issue -- airbnb is just the hotspot now because they can get big bucks relative to ebay

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