Two men are facing fraud charges for over 10,000 misleading listings on rental sites like Airbnb and VRBO. They used properties from all over the country to double book and then cancel on people who were not the highest bidder.
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This man lives in my building
This man lives in my building
She should gather all the horrible images of that nasty AirBnB locations and make a parody AirBnB commercial and post if on AirBnB’s social media sites. This why I always stay in Hotels because I know what to expect. AirBnB is not guaranteed a good experience. The traveler is at the mercy of the person “renting” the space.
These companies have to go. Just stay in a hotel, probably has a restaurant and z bar attached!
They had a decent business but fked themselves over due to greed. we should make a lesson out of them
INDIAN IMIGRANT SCAMMER ! THAT WHY THEY HERE !
Yeah he is guilty with those eyebrows
I would never use air bnb or virbo.
As a victim of discrimination on the platform I will NEVER use AirBnB
This is on Airbnb. Their fraud team should’ve caught this!
I also have same listings under different account because airbnb algorithm is dead at times and when i open another identical listing it will start get booking. Needless to say, there are rare incidents where double booking has happened. These guys 100 listings. I dont see where the scam is.
I also have same listings under different account because airbnb algorithm is dead at times and when i open another identical listing it will start get booking. Needless to say, there are rare incidents where double booking has happened. These guys 100 listings. I dont see where the scam is.
I also have same listings under different account because airbnb algorithm is dead at times and when i open another identical listing it will start get booking. Needless to say, there are rare incidents where double booking has happened. These guys 100 listings. I dont see where the scam is.
I also have same listings under different account because airbnb algorithm is dead at times and when i open another identical listing it will start get booking. Needless to say, there are rare incidents where double booking has happened. These guys 100 listings. I dont see where the scam is.
I also have same listings under different account because airbnb algorithm is dead at times and when i open another identical listing it will start get booking. Needless to say, there are rare incidents where double booking has happened. These guys 100 listings. I dont see where the scam is.
I have moved my guests several times for different issues. We are in old city with 100 yr old plumbing so anything can happen anytime.
Reason #1256 to not use air bnb and just book a hotel.
Scammers getting paid. 😂
Funny how there's a cancellation fee for renters but not for hosts
Make riches by others' miseries. Wow
TWO, out of the whole world.
Took 4 years DOJ charges. Air b&b. Anything good ppl somehow somewhere would find a way to scam ppl!Hope these 2 get convicted and get their concrete cell air b&b. Great work!
Because the foreigners know how racist the legal system is here. They will only investigate white people's claim. America is the same like Gaza for black Americans
Of course there is a scam. That’s all people are doing now
So appreciative of this journalist. I used to have a lot of respect for Airbnb, but they ignore guests who try and report delinquent hosts. I am sure there were many guests who complained about site conditions and this bait-and-switch scam long before it hit the press. I really wish Airbnb had roving inspectors to verify in person that hosts are indeed offering the same site and quality as advertised.
This exactly same scam happens when you travel in India. You book a hotel and pick up driver takes you to another location demanding money
Give em 1 year per listing
That’s Indian scammers for you
The law of unintended consequences.
Sick
We have a housing crisis and people wanna play
Airbnb should be illegal
East Indians just cant help themselves.
But, all AIRBNB is a scam.
Just shows how AirBnB, Vrbo etc only care about profit and let the scum landlords rule. Shut down all these sites, lower rent overall and help everyone except greedy nasty landlords. Each and every one of them will never use these services.
Another one of those Indian scams. What would they think of next?
Holiday Inn 🏨 has entered the chat room.
I will never rent from Airbnb why would I trust someone else house while a hotel and a motel is more affordable and safer
Go directly to jail!
AirBnB is at fault here, they let these people onto their platform and do the bare min to make sure things are running correctly. Sue the company and put the owners in jail!
This happened to me. The host told me that the AC didn’t work and I would have to stay at a different property.
It was a nice property though. I had no issues.