“The landlord sent a link through WhatsApp and gave us 24 hours to pay the deposit. ‘Getting too messy’Gibbons and her friends followed the link the landlord had sent and reserved the property. We were directed off what we thought was the Airbnb site.”The friends sent the money to the account, a total of €2,656. Instead she was sent a link by the supposed landlord to what the landlord said was an Airbnb chat function. They made contact with Airbnb who confirmed almost immediately that the site they had been directed to was fake.

Source: The Irish Times May 29, 2021 17:15 UTC