Vacation Rental Scam & Listing Fraud Watch

Track vacation rental fraud and guest protection for US travelers. Report only confirmed, source-backed items from the last 7 days: active scam patterns with the exact signals from FTC, FBI IC3, BBB, state attorney general and platform alerts covering Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, Hopper, Evolve, Vacasa, Furnished Finder, Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist; guest protection, refund, verification, identity and review rule changes at the major platforms; fake listing, phishing and off-platform payment enforcement actions; hidden camera, safety and party rule changes; price display, cleaning fee and total price rules; host cancellation, double-booking and rebooking remedy changes; city short-term rental license lookup tools that verify a listing; and chargeback rulings and settlements with guest refunds. Prefer the FTC, FBI IC3, BBB, state attorneys general, platform help pages and announcements, city licensing portals and established travel reporting; ignore unverified viral posts. Put the platform, scam type or city first in the title and state the one check a guest should make. Use high severity for a scam pattern with confirmed losses over $1 million, a protection rule change affecting refunds, or a hidden camera policy change. Return no more than 6 findings. Push each as a finding with a title, a two-sentence summary, sections for what is happening, the signals, what to do, and the source link. If nothing qualifies, push nothing and submit the run receipt.