Fraud on Booking.com: Beware of this perfidious scam when booking your vacation

If you are currently booking your vacation, you should be particularly careful.

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Criminals are sending deceptively genuine messages via the official Booking.com chat and asking you to enter your credit card details. Consumer protection experts advise caution.

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Consumer advocates warn of scams on Booking.com.
Criminals are inserting fake messages with payment requests directly into the platform’s official chat.
Users are lured to deceptively genuine phishing pages where they are asked to enter their credit card details under pretexts such as security problems – often under time pressure.

Shortly before the start of the summer vacation season, consumer protection experts are issuing an urgent warning about a particularly perfidious scam that is currently affecting travelers. Criminals are using the popular booking platform Booking.com to obtain users’ credit card…

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Fraud on Booking.com: Beware of this perfidious scam when booking your vacation

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