First scam via HA Dashboard

[Annew]

Bit of a warning for everyone ...

Great that HA have put anti fraud measures in Dashboard, but unfortunately this has not stopped a scammer from trying the Google scam on me via a Dashboard enquiry.

First for me

[kevsboredagain]

what's "the Google scam"?

[Casscat]

The Google maps link scam - "which is your property - the one on the left or the one on the right?" - I am supposing.

[Annew]

Yes it is the one about identifying your property - an obvious scam as the follow up email doesn't answer any of my queries to them, has different party details to the original enquiry one and asks me to identify my property (my properties have no neighbours!):

Hello again!Thank you. We would like to go ahead with the booking of your property for these dates (which are flexible depending on fligts) but please let me know where exactly is it located.Is it within walking distance to amenities or do we need a rental car.We ve been checking the map on the website, could you please confirm that the following link on Google Maps shows the correct location of your house? Is it the one on the left or the one on the right side of the image?.Please find attached the Enquiry Form where you can find all the information you need (our full names - 4 persons, address, phone number contact, email address and the period that interests us. Would you please advise us on how to proceed? (I've deleted the link, obviously)

[kevsboredagain]

They sent a URL and attachment directly from HA or via a followup email? I'm assuming the latter but fail to see how any firm could prevent this unless people had previously reported that email address and HA actively blocked an enquiry.

[Annew]

All correspondence between me and dodgy guest was through the HA dashboard.

[kevsboredagain]

All correspondence between me and dodgy guest was through the HA dashboard.

Then yes, that's shockingly slack. There should be no reason for an enquirer to send a URL