Scammers are taking advantage of a loophole in airline reservations to deceive travelers and steal their hard-earned cash. Here's how it works and how to protect yourself ➡️ 📷: danm/Getty Images
tell that your plane ticket is real? If it checks out on the airline’s website, you’re good to go, right? Don’t be sure. Fraudsters are abusing a little-known but decades-old technicality in how airline reservations work to con people out of their cash.
Ferguson has since tried to get a refund from the supposed travel agent, who has neither returned her money nor responded to subsequent calls and emails. A BA spokesperson asked WIRED for additional details so they could investigate but did not otherwise respond to a request for comment.
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