Travel Scams: Beware this Labor Day!
With Labor Day upon us, scammers are taking advantage of the opportunity and posing as airline booking attendants. Here are some tips to protect yourself and others from travel scams.
Common Travel Scams:
According to the Federal Trade Commission, online travel cost U.S citizens approximately $79 million. With the Labor Day weekend coming up, people are making travel arrangements to get away. Scammers will try to take advantage conning people out of their money, posing as airline booking attendants, and using fraudulent airline websites.
The way the scam works is individuals will look for cheap flights and purchase a ticket. After the purchase has been made, they find out there is no record of a booked flight because they purchased the ticket from a fraudulent travel website.
BBB suggests to do your research before purchasing a travel ticket with a company you have never come across before. If you are going to make any payments online or through a website, secure websites start with https://. Finally, be wary of third-party websites as a lot of these are only fronts for fraudulent websites. Avoid websites that do not list a customer service number or a physical address. Grammatical errors can also indicate that you are on a fraudulent website.
