Airbnb 4+

Airbnb offers lettings in Nagorno-Karabakh region. This is Azerbaijani territory occupied by Armenia forces. Many of original inhabitants were forcibly removed from their homes. Nagorno-Karabakh region is considered as war zone.

Can Airbnb guarantee the person letting out a place is the lawful owner?
What about property rights and safety rules noted on official Airbnb website?

UNSC United Nations adopted a resolutions : 822 (1993), 853 (1993), 874 (1993) and 884(1993) condemning the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied lands, and urging respect for Azerbaijan`s sovereignty and territorial integrity and peaceful, fair resolution of the conflict based on the principle of inviolability of borders.

From tourism perpective is violation of international rules and this issue should be considered and resolved by Airbnb.

この会社のアルバイトとして少し働いてみましたが、
見事に騙し取られました。
少なく見積もって50万は盗まれてます。

先日こちらの会社でアルバイトをしないかとSNSで
誘われ、試しに少しやってみる事にしました。
仕事内容はというと、ホテルのサクラになり予約を
入れるというもの。

LINEで送られて来るリンクから飛んで、予約をした後に予約金を振り込めば完了です。
完了を担当者に告げると、その後10分ほどで振り込んだ金額と報酬が自分の口座にまた戻って来るという
簡単なものですが、何回か続けると急に対応が酷く
なってきます。

やれ時間が遅いだの税金を払えだの、とにかく難癖をつけて支払いを拒否し始めます。
どうやら日本語が通じないせいかそれともわからない
フリをしているのか、こちらが何を言おうがまともに
取り合おうという姿勢は一切ありません。

支払う予約金も最初こそ数千円ですが、それが急に数万数十万という金額になり、支払えなければ報酬は渡せないの一点張り。
お金がないからアルバイトしてるのに、仕事に必要なのは結局お金という本末転倒っぷりです😅

ここの会社のアルバイトは数十万を躊躇なく出せるお金持ちなんでしょうね。
別の世界の話しのようです。
担当や受付もどう見ても日本語が不自由なのに
名前は皆日本名というなりすましばかり。
他人からどうやって金を騙し取ろうかと考えている
空気しか感じません。
訴えようにもお金がないのでそれさえもできない状況です。

SNSで携帯で報酬数万円というDMには気をつけましょう。
おかしな日本語で来たなら関わらない方が良いです。
特にこの会社のような、アップルストアに載るぐらい
だから大丈夫だろうと考えるのは間違いです。
この会社のような、まともを装って実は詐欺師という
のに騙されるのがオチです。
明らかに怪しい会社よりもよほど悪質だと私は実際に仕事をして強く思いました。
して

Here’s my first and last experience with this app. Judge for yourself. I think this reveals all of the obvious problems with this system. Note that I have done Craigslist back in the day in various cities and never had a single thing like this.

Booked a room with “good reviews”.

Room has a strange keypad which anybody with the code can enter. Do I know if the code has been changed for me? No.

Pictures of the apartment I booked on airbnb app include the wifi password and user name. This potentially means anybody with this app without booking can log in from outside or the next room with the password and user name and have access to the same wifi router then potentially all the devices all around the room throughout the building and outside.

Host doesn’t respond when I tell them I entered the room despite quickly answering all my questions before I booked the room. They also do not come visit the room to know who I am even after 3 days.

Router in the room for wifi is configured to the default user and password. This of course is also an ideal situation for bad actors and hackers as the router can be tuned to their liking. If you know anything about internet security, this is totally dangerous.

Toilet paper is inside the bathroom, but only half a roll.

Washing machine is in the room as pictured on the airbnb listing but no laundry detergent.

It even has a clothing iron as also pictured in the airbnb listing but no ironing board…

There are strict rules written in a manual about how to throw away the garbage in separate colored bags for recycling yet no garbage are bags supplied nor even information on where to throw away garbage.

Last but not least!! I start to feel weird as I find out the area happens to be the most dangerous area in Japan from my friend in the city. The room does happen to be in an alley very tucked away from the main roads… So I get an app off the Apple app store that scans the router and lists all the devices connected. Despite the room listing on airbnb saying there were no security cameras, there were actually 10 cameras connected to the very wifi router I was using which I could not see. Note that I later tried the same app with a normal hotel and there were no cameras listed.

I immediately cancel my 6 day reservation and contact airbnb about my experience with a screenshot of the cameras found by the app. I get generic messages back and no refund.

Look up on amazon for spy cameras and read about this issue in the news to understand why this is a problem if you are not concerned about this.

Yeah, so Apple, how is this legal again?

So what we’re talking about is a somewhat private and unmanaged space with zero internet security and zero inspection with people from all around the world checking in and out. With good reviews… And this is the story of just one airbnb place!! Imagine what else is possible with something like this?