A fraudster has been jailed after using his position at a travel agents to make a £16,000 false travel insurance claim. As well as making the false claim on a trip to Las Vegas, Simon Dinham also used his job to steal £53,000 from customers by taking their money and not booking their agreed flights. […]
Month: June 2018
TUI warns customers about Facebook scam
TUI is warning customers about a Facebook scam using its name. The Facebook page posing as the travel giant is doing the rounds offering the chance to win free holidays. The page asks users to sign up with their personal details so they can be contacted if they ‘win’. One fake page, with a competition […]
Police probe fraudulent sickness firms
Police and lawyers are turning the tide against firms driving fake holiday sickness claims with a flurry of investigations and private prosecutions. Merseyside Police has opened investigations into two claims management companies (CMCs). It is monitoring three cases lodged against tour operators by each of the firms suspected of encouraging bogus claims from holidaymakers, with […]
Law firm starts prosecuting dishonest claimants
A law firm that has defended 2,000 spurious holiday sickness claims is now pursuing the individuals and companies behind them. Ben Ireland reports, a year after the launch of Travel Weekly’s Fight Fake Claims campaign A zero-tolerance approach to dubious claims has helped one law firm overturn more than 2,000 made in relation to holiday […]
Booking.com customers targeted by hackers
BOOKING.COM has been targeted by hackers trying to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds in the most recent cyber crime attack in the travel industry. It was claimed payment was needed – and the messages seemed alarmingly genuine. Numerous hotels and guesthouses on holiday accommodation site Booking.com were targeted by bogus texts alerting victims to […]