Warning over bogus chief executive
Travel anti-fraud group Profit has issued a warning to the trade after a conman was found to be posing as a bogus chief executive of a UK travel agency.
Advantage Travel Partnership member Capable Travel received messages online from individuals in the Middle East and Afghanistan who believed they had met the company’s bogus chief executive. They had been offered jobs and work visas in the UK and Canada for $200.
Jorge Herrera, managing director of London-based Capable Travel, said: “I am worried about our reputation, but more importantly about the people this man is conning. He is extorting money from innocent people, obviously taking advantage of anyone who wants to come and live in the UK.”
Herrera contacted the police about two months ago when he was first alerted to a man going by the name of Mohammed Rizwan posing as the firm’s bogus chief executive. Herrera has since continued to receive emails about the imposter.