Recent scams have forced me to look at how safe the service is and for how to best keep from getting scammed (check the end of the article for tips) Airbnb urges users to keep communication about it, which is supposed to be exchanged only after a booking has been made. The most recent scam to make it into headlines: on Wednesday, The Guardian ran an article about travelers who booked a Barcelona flat that theyd found listed on Airbnb. By the time we realised it was a fake account, it was too late.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/05/14/how-to-sleep-tight-and-not-get-scammed-on-airbnb/