I've had good experience both as a host and as a guest on airbnb, but these incidents are definitely serious enough to reconsider using Airbnb. If Airbnb would

I've had good experience both as a host and as a guest on airbnb, but these incidents are definitely serious enough to reconsider using Airbnb. If Airbnb would implement a home-owner verification (which is possible in US since they're public record), most of these scams would be preventable. I mean, Airbnb is a billion dollar company, so couldn't they do this?