BOOKING.COM HAS NOT taken responsibility for a message, which was sent through its own built-in messaging service, which attempted to scam a customer out of their money.
The Journal has learnt of a scam where accounts of real accommodation listings were being used to send messages to customers.
A message sent to one user said the company had updated its financial systems and requested “additional card verification” through a link that was off of the Booking.com platform.
While Booking.com has not accepted responsibility for the hack, it acknowledged that the property owner in question had been “targeted by phishing messages from criminal, external third parties, which in some cases has impacted their own systems”.
The user began filling out a form which was sent to him through the accommodation’s account but luckily noticed that the link was fraudulent before…
