Before proceeding with the payment we advise you to always check the notifications on your smartphone, you could be the victim of a scam.
It is certainly not the first time we have heard of telephone scams. Unfortunately, in recent months there have been many Italians who have reported their involvement in scams that have caused them to lose a lot of money. The real problem is that unfortunately it is very difficult to get your money back.
The scam now passes through different channels, they arrive SMS con links of dubious origin, e-mails and sometimes even phone calls. In short, it seems that any excuse is a good one for the bad guys to get the unfortunate citizens to fall into the trap.
Of course, defending yourself is not easy, if not staying updated on the ways in which the bad guys act to make the citizen fall into the trap.
With the arrival of June and the increase in the desire to go on holiday, the bad guys have decided to take advantage of the opportunity to undertake a new type of scam. There is no good news on the horizon, for all those who book on the web. One of the most well-known online booking platforms was allegedly used by scammers to scam holidaymakers.
How the Booking scam works
Booking is one of the platforms to which citizens they rely more on booking their holidaysand, both abroad and in Italy. Precisely for this reason, scammers have decided to use it to make a profit at the expense of unsuspecting citizens. They call it a canceled reservation scam.
The scammer would send a message in the booking chat, giving notice of the cancellation of the booking. Then through a link the holidaymaker can proceed with the new payment. Unfortunately recognize the messagesor that it comes from the false sender is not at all simple and unfortunately many still fall into the trap.
How can we defend ourselves
Therefore it becomes important to know how it is possible to recognize the attempted scam. The Booking platform itself raised the alarm. She recommends doing a lot attention to detail, because only those can help you understand whether or not you are a victim of a scam. In any case, it is always possible to call customer service for confirmation.
It is therefore good to be wary of messages that appear to be alarming, those that have grammatical errors or URLs that do not appear to be official at all. Only in this way can we protect ourselves from dangerous scams.
