Booking.com customers have been warned by a cybersecurity firm about a “well-crafted scam” to defraud them of money. Secureworks said on X, formerly Twitter: “If you use http://Booking.com, pay attention! According to Secureworks researchers, there’s a well-crafted scam circulating that’s putting customers at risk of payment fraud.” The post links to a Sky news article […]
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Fraudsters target Thomas Cook customers
Thomas Cook customers are being targeted by fraudsters claiming to offer refunds. The government’s Insolvency Service and Abta are warning customers not to hand over any bank details to anyone claiming they work for the collapsed travel giant or a bank. A number of customers people say they have received phone calls and messages from […]
Airline Ticket Scams
Raise your hand if you’ve ever received an email with the subject line, “Bill Gates Wants to Share His Fortune With You!!” The offer, dating back to the origins of email, promised massive riches if you “helped out” by testing the email system. Usually, you were only eligible for the offer if you spammed a […]
Diamond Shortbreak Holidays £700k fraud
Two people have been arrested following an alleged fraud of more than £700,000 at Diamond Shortbreak holidays which ceased trading in March. In a ‘notice of administrators proposals’ released on Companies House it was revealed that ‘misappropriated funds’ had an ‘adverse’ impact on the company prior to its collapse. Leicestershire Police confirmed enquires are ongoing […]
Cruise operator sentenced to jail
Bret Gordon was sentenced last week in the U.S. District Court in Boston to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay $2.9 million for defrauding hundreds of customers of the now-defunct river cruise reselling operation Tom Harper Cruises, the company he established in 2013. Between September 2013 and June 2015, Gordon took about $2.3 […]
British hoteliers warned of rise in cyber attacks
Two luxury hotels in Cornwall have become victims of cyber attacks, which are increasingly common at British hotels, according to a new report. It suggested criminals hack into bookings systems and block all access, then demand ransoms. Neither of the unnamed Cornish hotels paid the ransom, according to the report in The Times, but they […]
Govt urged to change laws on holiday sickness claims
ABTA is calling on agents and operators to back their fight to stop a sharp rise in sickness claims by holidaymakers. It wants members to share their own experiences and provide evidence of the problem, which they say has escalated in recent years. ABTA believes the rise in claims coincided with changes in the law […]
Holiday Villa Scam
Holidaymakers are being tricked out of thousands of pounds in a cruel villa scam that has led to arrests in Spain. A Money Mail investigation has uncovered dozens of suspected fraud victims sold ‘bargain’ holidays in the Canary and Balearic Islands that didn’t exist. Families are being lured in by apparently genuine websites that appear […]
Banks should not refund online fraud victims
Britain’s most senior police officer has been accused of attempting to shift blame on to victims of online fraud after he suggested consumers should not be refunded by banks if they fail to protect themselves from cybercrime. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan police commissioner, said customers who had fallen foul of online fraudsters were being […]
Hackers cash in on data harvested
Small firms operating online need to be prepared for ‘unprecedented levels of attempted fraud’ this month, say payments experts. Payments business Worldpay claims instances of fraud could rocket by as much as 80 per cent in February as hackers capitalise on customer data harvested during the Christmas shopping period. Tim Lansdale, head of payment security […]
Reporting Fraud
Why You Should Report Fraud Reporting fraud and economic crime benefits you, benefits your industry, and benefits society by: · Reducing fraud and corruption · Protecting the public from future criminal conduct · Reducing the cost to society caused by fraud and corruption · Reducing the risk of a further attack on your business from […]
Email scammers lure motorists
These days scammers will try anything to lure in their victims and now we’re being warned by the latest, in the form of a speeding ticket. Australian motorists are being told to be weary of a new scam email campaign pretending to be a ‘Penalty notice’ issued by a government authority such as the NSW […]
Olympic ticket fraudster
A millionaire ticket tout who ripped off Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington’s parents has been handed legal aid despite failing to pay back £1.3million he owes to his victims. Terence Shepherd, 52, was jailed for eight years in 2011 for selling seats at the 2008 Beijing games that never existed. Link to article
Fraudsters target ski tourists
Travel agencies have warned of a new internet scam targeting holidaymakers who are booking skiing accommodation online. Some people have transferred thousands of pounds to conmen posing as the owners of luxury chalets. Chalet operator Consensio Holidays has asked for dozens of fraudulent chalet listings to be taken down from rentals websites. Link to article
Get a Real Deal
Fraudsters are trying to sell you cheap, fake car insurance! Fake car insurance is being sold across the UK by so-called ‘ghost brokers’. Ghost brokers are fraudsters who target young drivers with ‘cheap deals’, issuing policies which aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. If you purchase a policy from a ghost broker, you may […]
Travel agent in £7,000 fraud escapes jail
A fraudulent travel agent who never booked a family’s trip worth nearly £7,000 has avoided a prison sentence. Ellen Harrison, who owned the Turkish Riviera Travel agency in Hull, took the booking from the family for the Titanic Beach Lara Hotel near Antalya, the Daily Mail has reported. However, the 49-year-old then used the £6,800 […]
Ashes ticket tout is identified as BA pilot
British Airways is investigating one of its pilots who was caught ticket touting on an “industrial scale” during the Ashes series. Link to article
Retailers fail to face up to online fraud
One in five retailers is not taking online fraud seriously enough, the latest Retail Fraud Survey by retail business process firm Martec International shows. Many smaller retailers are paying seven times more than they should in chargeback fees due to fraud, according to the study sponsored by anti-fraud firm Kount and cash handling systems firm […]
Operation Podium report on Olympic ticket fraud
The two machines in the Tesco car park, Solent Road, Havant, were cordoned off by police early this morning. Members of the public had noticed a man they believed was acting suspiciously and reported the matter to staff. Link to article
2013 Hacked Credit Card
2013 Hacked Credit Card, Master Card Details Dump Free. Link to article