Lots of scammers roaming Airbnb.
The company is ok but NOT the renters/rentees.
I will never use it again.
VRBO is much better and safer.
What prevents the scammers from moving their efforts to VRBO?
When I lived up in WA I used VRBO to rent out my little guest cottage on the water. Did that for about four years, and must have had about 60-100 guests go though there. Got very lucky and never had any issues... in fact the vast majority of them left the place clean (cleaned dishes, coffee maker, washed the towels and sheets for us). We even made some lasting friends with a couple of folks who had rented for lengthy periods (month or two).
But, I've heard too many horror stories like this one, and I don't think I would do that again. It worked for us at the time, and pretty much covered our property taxes for us. We did report the income and pay taxes on it, just to be on the safe side.