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I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).

I was nearly scammed by a hacker on homeaway.com Learn from my near-mistakes. I made an inquiry for a condo rental at homeaway.com (the same company that owns vrbo.com and VacationRentals.com). I received an autoresponse from homeaway.com, followed afterwards by a series of emails from the presumed owner, that sounded fairly legitimate. Turns out the emails were sent from hackers who somehow diverted the communications channel from the owner. The owner had known about hackers accessing the account previously, but thought that the account was secured and the threat nullified the week prior; they only found out after I telephoned the owner (using a phone number from an alternate website advertising the same rental) before making a final transaction. These vacation homes are typically advertised on multiple sites (i.e., the sites above and facebook), so you can protect yourself by making sure prices and contact info are consistent across sites, checking WHOIS information, googling the telephone number / area code to ensure that the location jives with the properties the owner has for rent, and checking to see that the prices are consistent from the other sites. Always contact the owner via telephone. Never send payment information via the internet without talking to the person first. Things that raise red flags: wire transfers to international accounts, slow responses, poor grammar (FWIW, the emails sent by the phishermen had perfect grammar & spelling).