I've heard about more friends getting scammed and having their reviews deleted, and dragged out refunds if they happen at all.
Almost all of them ended up with chargebacks on their credit card, and then airbnb bans them.
I wonder if they're looking for a history of that, and just hoping people don't care about what info they're giving away.
If you have a cute listing description in a major city and a couple of friends who wrote you positive reviews you can get a steady airbnb income mostly without people properly staying in your place with tricks like this
(In this case some reviews specifically claimed superb soundproofing but it turned out to be an apartment subdivided into rooms with cardboard-like walls)
I stopped using Airbnb after a couple of such incidents. I actually don't miss it at all so far. It's mostly been a source of bad travel experience, and 99% of places that are good also publish listings elsewhere
When I got to the place - with my daughter - we passed a man defecating on the sidewalk outside the building. And inside the building, right next to the entrance of our "travel agency room" was a prostitute in an indiscreet position with a client. And I'm with my 15 year old daughter.
We left and got a nicer place. Airbnb refused the refund. And they haven't had my business since.
(If you don't wish to engage and negotiate with the host, document everything and spend time with support, the host gets to pocket the money. If the host ensured the place visually matches the photos even if it's awful in some way, smell, noise, etc., the host gets to pocket the money. And so on)