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We were getting ready for our trip and paid for a nice place.
Find out they terminated her account, banned her and notified the host.
She of course has a clean record but apparently when they did a background check on her they matched her with a wrong person who has the same name..
We are now attempting to contact Airbnb..
Edit: we have used Airbnb before on her account with no problems.
Edit2: I’ve been reading on their site and they say they use the persons DOB, and first/last name to conduct background check.. so I’m guessing this guy must’ve had the same DOB and name as her. (Her name is also used as a guys name.)
Dungeongeek
I had a friend jailed for over a week without charges because his name matched someone else’s.
kibbypie
There's a person who has my mom's exact name and bday, but has a criminal record and a lot of tattoos.
FloridaLawyer
Applying to the bar, I discovered there was an incarcerated pedophile with exactly the same name as mine. I promptly told them it wasn’t me.
drowningfishy
My sister Kathleen, and another Cathleen had the same social security number. Discovered this when sis tax trouble. Since my sister was
drowningfishy
older they asked if she wanted to keep it. Of course my sis said no. Now THIS I want them to explain. And yes both are legal US citizens
Aibell125
My mom has the most middle aged white woman name in the world. Which also happens to be on the no-fly list. She always has to go 2 hrs 1/
Aibell125
Early to the airport for the inevitable security interrogation 2/
MatterOfTime
the same name huh? let me know when she starts standing over you while you sleep.
Draegos1
Happens more often than you might think, especially if you have a common name. It means the background check people were not thorough.
CommanderCaribou
If she's making you post this op. Wink twice and eat the distraction spaghetti
MomError500
Did op wink?? I need to know!
ImAFoxButNotReally
Don't Americans have an identity number ?
circlebreaker
Plot twist; OPs fiancee has been possessed by the ghost of Jeffrey Dahmer and the cops are "this close" to catching up to her.
JaredFogleSubway
I get it all the time. People confuse me with a pedophile with the same name as me and worked in the same company as me. Weird.
Bixbyit
Person with same name cancelled contract with the internet provider where I was a customer too. Guess whose connection was cut...
iamthemadz
Your dogs?
skruttet
How does an internet provider in a country with 300 million people not practice the art of account ID's? Wow.
Wanderlay
Why assume it's the states?
DontLookBackInAnger
This happened to me when I got my first apartment. Someone with a similar SNN was a wanted felon in Missouri. Had to force them to fix it.
Cjm555
My current job did the same,. Guy had same first and last name and middle initial. Same state. They asked about my DUI I didn't have
RacialTension
"I see here you had a dui last year, care to explain that?" "I'm sorry, what? I don't have a dui." *writes down, clearly drunk at interview*
srslydude
This might be the only pro to having a unique name. There aren’t many, if any, people with the same name as me.
jhs2595
I can sympathize. About had an issue a few years back, because I shared a name with a serial killer, apparently.
MerryXMan
having a criminal record doesn't stop you from being allowed to go on holiday or Get a hotel room? Discrimination!
dixie18402
His girlfriend is Jody Foster
AntiDownVoteActivist
My wife ran into this problem when we tried to get her a new car. They had the same full name and DOB. Lived in CA with warrants for arrest.
spiffymarker
Background checks usually match on DOB and SSN.. maybe someone needs to be truthful here.
meta666
You should take a look at this if you have time https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrDsbUdY_k (it goes into background checks about halfway)
spiffymarker
Of note: seems the system is more prone to error than I thought. Whoops.
drcurlyfat
Every time I buy a gun I have to wait 48hours for "Further details" on the background check. My worst crime was a speeding ticket.
SpringToMyWinter
I had shit on my background check from my uncle of the same name that happened when I was 4 years old.
lenomdeplume
Personality doesnt really change after gender reassignment.
bofh420
My sister had her student loans given to someone else with the same name and duplicate SSN.
philcollinsdrumbreakdown
Get tested
jeans871
Before I was married my brother "accidently" took money out of my checking because our SSN are so similar & my parents gave us same initials
Fireguy97
Cool! Crazy physco girlfriends are great at sexy time. Blink twice if you need help.
whyexactly
wtf is physco?
MadeAnAccountSoTheLogInPopUpStops
Short for physically coordinated
Eppiox
That's if Op has eye lids
StateOfPlague
+++1 laughed hard as shit
charlietrundlethegreat
If you’re shit is that hard, I’d advise more water and fiber intake. Then ingest a spoonful of castor oil or drink a glass of prune juice
charlietrundlethegreat
Boy you will feel 50 lbs lighter in a day.
DemonicCarnage
DOB, first and last name is not a valid form of ID so how can they properly conduct a background check?
Corrodias
These "background check" companies are non-government organizations with, as far as I can tell, little regulation. It would be a stretch to»
Corrodias
say that any particular screening has been done "properly", though presumably some are more diligent than others.
DickTipPapercut
Must have*
Monicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
ahhhh thank you for this
supercalifrajelisticexpealidocious
i’m with monica geller, over here. it bothers me so bad.
Monicaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
hahahhaha, but seriously it pains me
supercalifrajelisticexpealidocious
i had forgotten about this until i read your reply. i hate you lol.
DickTipPapercut
physically. emotionally. socially.
killerfirefly
you're sure this is just a mistake and your wife doesn't have a sordid past?
baoser3902
i think he'd know if he was married to a post op lady
leftyepee
I dated a guy for over a year before running a check on him and finding out he had a criminal history from before I knew him
Entartika
Yes haha we looked up the court and case # they gave us, the date / state and other info was all wrong.
IonXenon
She paid of her mafia guys and got rid of the record ;)
vitalblast
Something similar happened to me with my driver's license. Court eff up all the time, just give them a call and let them know about the errr
saintofchaoticgood
I was sent an informative letter saying I was possibly part of a lawsuit against a background check company for this same thing...
Steelballsofstill
You sure she wasnt a former dude?
Hushpups
finkle is einhorn
AgentCurley
Dude looks like a lady!
AvengeTheCompanionCube
Wait, is that how you spell sordid? I’ve been spelling it “sorted” my entire life! Nooooo!
HillOfBeans
Are you a Brit by chance? Because I love the way they use “sorted” as “handled” or “decided”. That makes it extra funny to me.
JonRichardsonsDustMop
We use it in the deep South in the same manner.
HillOfBeans
Thanks! Just never heard it like, "well, that's been sorted" after someone tries to figure something out.
JonRichardsonsDustMop
Git yourselves sorted fur deener. That's what my grandpa would say.
AvengeTheCompanionCube
Nope, Canadian.
hispanicyankee
That's not an exclusively British thing...
HillOfBeans
Ok, good to know. We don't use that phrasing here in the Pacific NW, I have only heard it on British telly.
RandCauthon
Thanks for sorting him out
HillOfBeans
What am I, a green M&M?
gimking
A girl I was going out with broke up with me because she did a background check on me and got my cousins results. Dodged a bullet there.
meskarune
How is that dodging a bullet? Women have to be careful so they don't end up with a rapist or something.
gimking
I dodged the bullet.
gimking
She ended up being a psycho and her brother was head of the local skinheads I later found out.
meskarune
You implied that her doing a background check == crazy. Most people today check out others on social media whom they are dating.
meskarune
and if they feel something is sketchy or off, they might run a background check too.
gimking
Sorry for the misunderstanding. I'm fine with researching partners.
souschefjeff
Is that not discrimination? That’s like saying you cannot shop at Walmart because you have a criminal record.
souschefjeff
Regardless of whether or not it’s a mistake
clutchthepearls
Eh, the thing is you don't have to use their product.
vowofloudness
Of course it's discrimination. But discrimination, unless against a protected class, is not illegal.
Davidnfilms
ehhh... not really with Airbnb. Id rather someone not staying in my house that might have murdered someone.
Starcatcher1986
AirBnB involves having complete strangers stay in your home, without supervision. A criminal record isn't an arbitrary restriction here.
souschefjeff
so someone makes one mistake 10 years ago and they can’t use Airbnb. Even after being law abiding for 10 years. People change over time
Starcatcher1986
For most things I'd side with you. However, letting a complete stranger convicted of b&e stay at your family home without you is a bit much.
TydenS
It's a business. As long as it's not a protected class, they can do whatever they want.
TydenS
Same reasons bars can have ladies nights, or discounts for wearing sweaters, or not let you in without a tie.
souschefjeff
I guess it’s different in the USA I am in Canada
W92Baj
No they cant. Imagine if they said 'No blacks' or 'No gays'
ChrisWsrn
Those examples are both protected classes.
TydenS
"as long as it's not a protected class". Those are protected classes.