Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Booking.com warns of up to 900% increase in travel scams
You “thought” you found a good deal at a hotel in your travel
destination, booked a room for a few nights, and gave your credit card
information. A few days before checking in the hotel, you tried to confirm the
reservation and found no room was booked under your name even though a full
amount of the booking had already been withdrawn from your credit card. It was
a phishing, where internet users are deceived into handing over their financial
information. As AI becomes more useful and reliable in creating authentic documents
and realistic images, internet fraudsters are taking advantage of the
technology. Their fake sites look more authentic and convincing than the pre-AI
era. They can create realistic images and flawless texts that are hard to distinguish
from real ones. Booking.com, one of the world's leading online travel
platforms, said there had been a significant increase in travel scams in the
last 18 months. It is advised that travelers check contact details including the
phone number of the service provider. Also, two-factor authentification such as
inputting a code that was sent to your phone will help you protect from phishing.
As AI becomes handier, we ought to be more careful about fake images and texts
on the Internet.
Read the article and learn about the increasing number of online travel
scams.
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