Airbnb phishing scam

Post scam emails to warn other rental owners, or if you are not sure if an enquiry is genuine, put it up here and see what others think.
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greenbarn
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Airbnb phishing scam

Post by greenbarn »

This may not be new as I don't read many threads about Airbnb, but I received a phishing email this morning purporting to come from Airbnb, with the inevitable "click here".
The clue is of course that I have nothing to do with Airbnb, so the fraudster is using a scattergun approach.
Dear Airbnb member,

We reviewed your account and noticed that you account is not verified, your account will be subjected to our Offline Identity Verification process so that your account can be properly verified in your name.This verification is mandatory and must be completed

To complete the Offline Identity Verification follow the instruction below:

Regarding this,

Click the link below to login into your account and confirm your identity.


https://www.airbnb.com/ logon/ login.jsp

Please note that this information will not be shared with anyone, it is for internal use only.

Thank you for being our member.

Sincerely,
The Airbnb Team
Hovering over the link shows it to be a .de site.
cysgod y coed
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Post by cysgod y coed »

Why not send it to Action Fraud website.
If you can keep your head when all around you are panicking.......you have probably not seen the whole picture.
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greenbarn
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Post by greenbarn »

cysgod y coed wrote:Why not send it to Action Fraud website.
Tried this morning but the AF site errored and it's way too longwinded a process to go through again.

Probably more useful to have the info where it might get found by a search.
Cavandish
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Re: Airbnb phishing scam

Post by Cavandish »

Heaven forbid should scammers ever master the English language. So many giveaways are simply grammatical.
Dear Airbnb member,

We reviewed your account and noticed that you account is not verified, your account will be subjected to our Offline Identity Verification process so that your account can be properly verified in your name.This verification is mandatory and must be completed

To complete the Offline Identity Verification follow the instruction below:

Regarding this,

Click the link below to login into your account and confirm your identity.


https://www.airbnb.com/ logon/ login.jsp

Please note that this information will not be shared with anyone, it is for internal use only.

Thank you for being our member.

Sincerely,
The Airbnb Team
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