Be Very Careful Out There

[Bobbisox1]

Talking of scams ?
My daughter has booked a villa in Mijas for mid September , you could cancel right up till the day before travelling ( if they can't) this was advertised through Airbnb, she's paid £1700 which is half the amount ,she received an email purporting to be from the owner which she said was very disjointed and alarm bells rang so she contacted Airbnb who told her 'he'd' been removed, thankfully the money would go to them as a host for the said Villa so she will get it back,
Theses Scammers walk amongst us , be very vigilant

[Bobbisox1]

I might make good sense of it then Apc :0)))

[pastafreak]

The email just reads if it's been written by someone for whom English is not their first language.

[Bobbisox1]

Saying nowt more Pasta
Now where's that grey goose bottle :0)))

[Chinajan]

So if this is the owner and he's now been removed by AirBnB from their site, how can his villa still be used?

[Bobbisox1]

I don't think he was the owner Pix but then I don't know how scammers work

[Bobbisox1]

Oh ***, I meant CJ

[windywillow]

Hey Bobbs, your daughter should've smelled a rat with a website called imascammer.com. :0)

Seriously though, thanks for the warning. There are indeed many low-lives out there.

[Bobbisox1]

Yeah WW, thank you

[jennyjoan]

With everything that is going on or not going on - end of lockdown or not - I wouldn't book a thing abroad.

Bobbs - your daughter needs to hold on to her well earned money until she has complete security with holidays maybe for 2022 unfortunately.

[gulliver1]

You been on the sat night pop again. Bobbi

[Bobbisox1]

I blame Boris Johnson ;0)

[douglas9401]

'elp with Inglese por favor...

[Bobbisox1]

Nah, it just isn't important enough Baz :0)

[Bobbisox1]

Okay, I'm going mad, some answers aren't showing , oh well back to the GG haha

[Apc2604]

Bobbie, I know you have had enough of this, but just to say your daughter is not alone. She at least recognised the scam.

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/uk-hotel-chains/article/how-to-spot-scams-on-airbnb-and-other-letting-sites-aUBMx8K38BGG

[Apc2604]

https://www.writerscafe.org/writing/deadmond69/2018203/

[Bobbisox1]

Thank you Apc

[barry1010]

It's not just foreign villas and AirB&B. Scammers have been advertising caravans and lodges sited in well known and popular UK holiday parks and pocketing the cash.
They just lift the adverts from legitimate sites and post them on FB and other websites.

AirB&B is perfectly safe if you use it properly and don't try to save money by doing side deals off site.

[tamborine]

I used airb&b in LA, LV & Malibu last year. All lovely homes & fairly priced.