Airbnb will send you a delivery notification to let you know they have the Keys and the papers in their custody. It just smells terribly fishy, and I want to make certain that my eagerness and need for a place to go doesn't get me ensnared into some scammer's net.ġ) I will make the delivery papers at Airbnb.Ģ) After I will make the papers for delivery they will require for your payment confirmation of the first month and the guarantee deposit(€ 420.00 + € 900.00= € 1320.00) to the company. There is nothing on Airbnb about "escrow accounts," etc. The more I think about it, the stranger it sounds. There's a lot about the whole exchance that seems quite. If you'll like the flat then you can keep the keys, sign the contract, and we will fix a date for the monthly payment, that it has to be done by you directly to my personal bank account." You will be given one day inspection period to take a decision and, next day the total amount will be refunded to you by Airbnb. They will hold and insure your money until you check the apartment and decide if you want to rent it or not.Īs soon as you will complete the deposit of $1,100 + $1,100 = $2,200 into their bank account, an agent from Airbnb will meet and show you the property.
Regarding the payment, you will get all the necessarily instructions on the invoice, so you can deposit the money for the first month along with the warranty, into an escrow bank account from AIRBNB.
Next you will receive a notification message from them, containing a receipt with all the instructions that you need to follow in order to complete the process and receive the keys and the rental contract. Then I will start the process through Airbnb here in Spain, providing them your information. "If you decide to proceed with this transaction, I will need your phone number along with your full name and address where you can be contacted for the keys and the rental contract. It also threw up other rental scam red flags, such as the fact that he wants me to pay before seeing the property, he's asking for my personal information outside the Airbnb platform, and the place doesn't come up on the Airbnb search list. Here is the portion of the most recent e-mail that I find odd, copy/pasted, edited for clarity: What bothers me about this is th at it doesn't seem to follow any of Airbnb's practices. It didn't seem strange until this last email. We started e-mailing, and the owner told me that he lives in Spain and will be using Airbnb's services for payment. I have been trying to find an apartment and found a listing on a popular rental website (not Airbnb).
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