Top five red flags
- Demonstrates a poor grasp of spelling, grammar, capitalisation, and punctuation
- Gives far more information than the typical traveller
- Requests to communicate and even pay on another site.
- Wants to pay by certified cheque, bank cheque, or unsecured wire transfer
- Sends an enquiry with no comments or ones that don't match your property.
How to protect yourself
To dramatically lower your chances of falling for a booking request scam, we recommend the following policies.- Never accept more than the amount due.
- Never send refunds for any overpayments.
- Only accept payments online.
- Click Contact Us if you suspect you are being scammed.
- If an enquiry is not legitimate, you can mark it as spam.