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Unsure whether this one’s related, but there’s a similar scam run on https://airbnb.com.longterm-listing https://airbnb.com.longterm-listing[.com] as well. I g

by mcintyre1994 8y ago

Unsure whether this one’s related, but there’s a similar scam run on https://airbnb.com.longterm-listing https://airbnb.com.longterm-listing[.com] as well. I got that one from a listing on OpenRent (UK private letting site), when I contacted them they tried to get me to book on “Airbnb” in order to view it and sent a bit.ly link that redirected to that phishing site. Add /rooms/586795 for the listing, it’s still up.

Scoundreller 8y ago
Looks like it's dead.
- mcintyre1994 8y ago
  Still up for me, weird - I wonder if they're region-locking by IP address or something?
  - yorwba 8y ago
    Up for me, visiting from Berlin, can't possibly be in my cache. Perhaps the GP forgot to add the ".com"? Interestingly, the site appears to only change the location of the listing and leaves all the other details (host, reviews etc.) exactly the same. Modifying the ID randomly redirects to the real Airbnb homepage.
    - mcintyre1994 8y ago
      Oh interesting, does the listing show as in Berlin for you? I got it to show a place in a Swedish ski resort somehow when I was first clicking around and reporting it, but then that disappeared and I never saw it again.
      - yorwba 8y ago
        The default is rooms/804806 with location given as Campo Pequeno in Lisboa for me, but the one you gave was claimed to be in London. Incidentally, that one also redirects me to Airbnb now; maybe it was automatically removed due to increased traffic.
  - Scoundreller 8y ago
    Maybe it only supports Euros, so they just block non euro IPs?
- Ductapemaster 8y ago
  The site could possibly could still be stuck in OP's cache
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dazbradbury 8y ago
Hey - OpenRent founder here. Would you mind emailing me details of your experience to security@openrent.co.uk?
- mcintyre1994 8y ago
  Happy to - I think I already sent some details there when the listing was removed, I'll see if I have any more I didn't send. Happy to say for the record publicly that OpenRent removed the listing shortly after I contacted the scammer and advised me it was removed for fraud and to be extremely cautious.

Scoundreller 8y ago

Looks like it's dead.

mcintyre1994 8y ago
Still up for me, weird - I wonder if they're region-locking by IP address or something?
- yorwba 8y ago
  Up for me, visiting from Berlin, can't possibly be in my cache. Perhaps the GP forgot to add the ".com"? Interestingly, the site appears to only change the location of the listing and leaves all the other details (host, reviews etc.) exactly the same. Modifying the ID randomly redirects to the real Airbnb homepage.
  - mcintyre1994 8y ago
    Oh interesting, does the listing show as in Berlin for you? I got it to show a place in a Swedish ski resort somehow when I was first clicking around and reporting it, but then that disappeared and I never saw it again.
    - yorwba 8y ago
      The default is rooms/804806 with location given as Campo Pequeno in Lisboa for me, but the one you gave was claimed to be in London. Incidentally, that one also redirects me to Airbnb now; maybe it was automatically removed due to increased traffic.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  Maybe it only supports Euros, so they just block non euro IPs?
Ductapemaster 8y ago
The site could possibly could still be stuck in OP's cache

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dazbradbury 8y ago

Hey - OpenRent founder here. Would you mind emailing me details of your experience to security@openrent.co.uk?

mcintyre1994 8y ago
Happy to - I think I already sent some details there when the listing was removed, I'll see if I have any more I didn't send. Happy to say for the record publicly that OpenRent removed the listing shortly after I contacted the scammer and advised me it was removed for fraud and to be extremely cautious.