Just got a call saying his Mother - Brenda Smith- didn't get a response about my vacation rental. Wanted email address. Told him I wanted her phone number but he kept giving excuses. He finally hung up. Heavy accent & alot of background noise, like a call center. If you call back says magic jack customer unavailable. call originates from San Francisico, caller id says DONT ANSWER!
Got same call in MD this week; claimed mom wanted to rent our VRBO property and had E-mailed without response; asked for E-mail so he could resend message. Looking at HomeAway/VRBO scam site, one posting suggested he then sends E-mails with malicious software attached that will let him invade your computer. I changed my E-mail listing on VRBO site just in case, so will know anything coming from VRBO to other E-mail is fake. Apparently has been going on for a long time.