Travel websites can be scammed in seconds
Images and logos on travel websites can be scammed ‘within seconds’ by cybercriminals intent on replicating a business online for fraudulent purposes.
Most pictures online tend to be ‘unprotected’ and are therefore vulnerable to cybercrime, digital image specialists have warned in the third part of anti-fraud group Profit’s Secure Our Systems campaign, backed by Travel Weekly.
Danny Howard, managing director of aFFirmFirst, which specialises in control, protection and validation of images online, said: “Criminals could construct a site and make it look like your site within minutes and defraud people. The fake website will have your branding and your logo and accreditations – all this can be taken by right clicking and downloading the images.”