Ask HN: Tracking down fake Airbnb owner
3 by asdojasdosadsa | 3 comments on Hacker News.
Case: Not so technical colleague got scammed for 2 months rent. What can he do? Steps: 1. He found apartment listing on immobiliare.it 2. Some emails were exchanged 3. He receives the link to the _real_ airbnb listing 4. He cant find it there, and the scammer sends the phishing page[1] (from @expertdesigner.eu) 5. Soon after he receives another email saying that the database is down from @airbnb.sa.com and he should meanwhile move the money using transferwise.com 6. Payment done 7. Scammer replies: Payment received The login page was quite well made, and I think most of non technical people might get fooled [1] The URL: https://ift.tt/38u60Z8 Thoughts?