# What the fuck has happened with Airbnb? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 10, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-has-happened-with-airbnb/1032261 "2026-08-10T02:55:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-has-happened-with-airbnb/1032261/52 "2026-08-11T20:46:41Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Well because that is clearly a scam site. I am not seeing the connection to Airbnb. Of course a scam site will try to scam you. That’s not a mainstream legit company suddenly requiring sensitive information. It seems that series never had a US DVD release so anything you find is likely to be shady. Exactly. And this isn’t some new phenomenon. They’ve been around as long as the web has existed. In other words, it’s a completely unrelated complaint and has no reason to be brought up in this thread. @aruvqan_myers I suggest you take this over here: > [@Fucking scammer motherfuckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-scammer-motherfuckers/977240): > > The wife was doing her monthly review of accounts and sees a withdrawal on our checking account of over $16K. Some miserable fuckwad somehow got our account number, created a forged check with all the account data on the bottom, and wrote a check to himself on our account. Sorry cocksucker. Wife’s on the phone right now with the bank’s fraud department. I’m sure they’ll make it good, but I suspect we’re going to have to go through the pain of them closing the account and opening a new account, g… That’s the thread for complaining about scammers in general. This thread is about Airbnb. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-has-happened-with-airbnb/1032261)._