{"id":27111,"date":"2024-06-11T08:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/?p=27111"},"modified":"2024-06-18T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T15:26:30","slug":"fraud-on-airbnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/fraud-on-airbnb\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud on Airbnb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Avoid in duck real estate fraud<\/p>\n

So when you’re renting a hotel or an Airbnb, you’re entering into a real estate deal. This is fraud.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Happened to me and I just let myself get ripped off<\/p>\n

Brandon on the other hand, didn’t take lightly to losing his real estate and clawed back his money<\/p>\n

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Hotels > \u2066\u202a@Airbnb\u202c\u2069<\/a>, a horror story 🫠<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIt\u2019s 2:30am in London. Flight delayed 3 hours. Raining.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nI message our host that we\u2019re going to miss the check in window. There\u2019s a fee. Weird since it\u2019s self check in, but ok<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWe get to the airbnb and the lockbox doesn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n<\/td>\nRain, rain..<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Update 6: <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIn the last 5 hrs I\u2019ve had two people DM me that they had the SAME experience with the SAME host <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOne even had receipts<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nIncreasingly looking like a fraudulent ring of 20+ London flats<\/p>\n<\/td>\nSurely \u2066\u202a@Airbnb\u202c\u2069<\/a> will investigate? pic.twitter.com\/eGVG02R5ly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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In the last 5 hrs I\u2019ve had two people DM me that they had the SAME experience with the SAME host <\/a><\/div>\n

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Increasingly looking like a fraudulent ring of 20+ London flats<\/a><\/div>\n

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Surely @Airbnb will investigate?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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