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Akbar Travels is a scam

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Akbar Travels is a scam Do not book flight tickets via Akbar Travels. This is a scam but they run a legit looking operation front. They have a very elaborate network of operatives and call centre employees but the entire thing is a scam. I booked tickets with them from Delhi to Mumbai last month. They deducted the money from the bank but I didn’t get tickets only an …

Reddit Travel 817 2024-01-20

Is this CLARA leather a scam?

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Is this CLARA leather a scam? I’ve been wanting to eying a B 3 bomber jacket from this website called CLARA leather for a while, it’s about 190$ but I’m not sure if this website can be trusted or not. submitted by /u/jayykale

Reddit ecommerce 1.1k 2024-01-15

Phishing Scam, now spread to Expedia.

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Phishing Scam, now spread to Expedia. Just like how people previously mentioned about booking.om having this scam, apparently this is now also on expedia. What’s worse is that Expedia would automatically send a copy of this message to your email – and that goes through the actual expedia servers, so one of the usual ways of detecting phishing doesn’t work. Expedia customer service …

Reddit Travel 809 2023-12-27

Is he trying to scam us?

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Is he trying to scam us? My mom sold her gold necklace jewellery to a gold jeweller for 1.50 lacs he gave 80k cash and 2 cheque of 40k and 35k which got returned due to low balance and then he said he will give 58k cash to us but he has not given any cash it’s been 25 days I go to his shop every day but he keep saying tomorrow he opened a new bank acc he says there is a…

Reddit Personal Finance 1.3k 2023-12-21

What’s app scam

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What’s app scam Got a (what I thought was a voicemail) call back from someone stating they worked for the hotel we are staying in (Rome – we are from US) saying there was a problem and we need to verify our credit card number. Husband said I’ll be right down. The man said no need, just verify the number over the phone. Husband told him no I will be down in a mi…

Reddit Travel 784 2023-12-11

Watch out for this scam in Berlin

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Watch out for this scam in Berlin I visited Berlin for a few days and overall loved it but I got scammed and it left a bad taste in my mouth. My wife and I were checking out the Berlin Wall remnants in Bernauer Straße. A very nice open air exhibition with original parts of the wall still intact. As we were taking photos two young girls that looked to be in their late teens appro…

Reddit Travel 818 2023-11-23

What kind of social media scam is this?

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What kind of social media scam is this? On public posts, like from NPR, often I’ll see a man spamming women “you’re beautiful” over and over. I’m looking at one specific case where this guy’s persona (fake, all images were stolen from a real person -reverse image search- and uploaded on the same day) is a doctor/surgeon. On his own page, he interacted with a woman who engaged him and …

Reddit Social Media 812 2023-11-20

What’s the worst airport scam you’ve experienced while traveling?

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What’s the worst airport scam you’ve experienced while traveling? I got totally ripped off on a taxi in Cancun, which I knew at the at the time I was getting ripped off but I didn’t really have any other option. I’ve usually been pretty lucky at airports, so I’m just wondering what are some airport scams you’ve run into while traveling? submitted by /u/Subject_Year_491

Reddit Travel 985 2023-11-18

Booking.com scam

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Booking.com scam Received an email from a booked hotel requesting for a credit card verification. It came from the hotel through booking.com, so it seems the hotel’s account has been hacked. No spelling errors and the message was quite convincing. I received an email a couple of hours after the scam message with the attached screenshot. submitted by /u/My…

Reddit Travel 934 2023-11-14

Can someone explain this scam/hack?

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Can someone explain this scam/hack? About a month ago I get an email from Walmart about an order being shipped. I open it and don’t recognize the item and see it’s being shipped to an address a thousand miles away. I immediately cancel the order and change the password on my account. What’s interesting is it showed the payment method as like four different Walmart gift cards (none…

Reddit Personal Finance 541 2023-10-23

Clickstart digital are a scam

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Clickstart digital are a scam Beware I was really scammed by Click Start Digital https://www.clickstartdigital.com.au They sell e-commerce “business in a box” websites and “training” and take advantage of people who are naive to e-commerce sharks. I bought an online e-commerce website for over $20k – it was not even set up – I had to do everything myself with no experience …

Reddit ecommerce 139 2023-10-08

How to Tell If That Package Delivery Text Is a Scam

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How to Tell If That Package Delivery Text Is a Scam Consumerism today looks very different than it looked 10 years ago. Most people wouldn’t head out to a store to, say, buy a water bottle—they’d just order it on Amazon or some other online store. This means that many American households, at any given time, have at least one order pending delivery. Unfortunately,… Read more…

Lifehacker 118 2023-10-03

Cusco, Peru scam

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Cusco, Peru scam I’m traveling through Peru and currently in Cusco for a week to hike the Inca Trail and see Rainbow Mountain. Today, I was walking through town and see three women dressed up with their alpacas (two adults, one baby) for photos. I politely asked these women (in Spanish, I’m fluent) how much it would cost to be able to hold the baby and take a ph…

Reddit Travel 133 2023-08-21

Priceline is a damn scam

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Priceline is a damn scam My family of 4 recently booked a trip to Seoul for December through Priceline. We saw a really good deal for flight tickets and seats from Singapore Airlines. We went ahead and booked it and selected our seats and paid for everything. However when I went to check in the Singapore Airlines website only my flights were confirmed and seats were ye…

Reddit Travel 158 2023-08-16

Is this a scam when selling air pods

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Is this a scam when selling air pods I am trying sell some air pods and when my buyer said he sent the money I got an email in my spam from wisebankcare.inc@gmail.com saying the buyer has to send me 200 pounds addition and then I have to send him the money back and then his 110 pound purchase will come into my bank. It says at the bottom of the email that if I don’t send back then …

Reddit Personal Finance 191 2023-08-15

Is this hotel trying to scam me?

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Is this hotel trying to scam me? I booked a hotel in Venice recently via Booking.com. I paid in full at time of booking. Today I woke up to these two messages from the hotel via the Booking.com app saying I need to pass a card check which involves clicking on a link, entering details including credit card, paying the cost of the stay in full before they apparently then refund t…

Reddit Travel 183 2023-08-10

How AI Is Used to Scam You (and What You Can Do About It)

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How AI Is Used to Scam You (and What You Can Do About It) This post is part of Lifehacker’s “Living With AI” series: We investigate the current state of AI, walk through how it can be useful (and how it can’t), and evaluate where this revolutionary tech is heading next. Read more here. Read more…

Lifehacker 129 2023-08-01

Payment Scam?

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Payment Scam? Occasionally since being on Shopify since March, you’ll get a weird email like the below. Is it somehow a scam? Just seems so weird, not sure if it’s a scam how someone can get anything out of it. Name never matches the email name, but it close via first name: “Please cancel my order. The shipping address is wrong and payment info is incorrect. …

Reddit ecommerce 124 2023-07-28

Avoid This Travel Agency Scam

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Avoid This Travel Agency Scam Getting scammed is never fun—but falling prey to a travel scam can be especially upsetting. Not only are you out a significant amount of money, but you’ve given away a lot of personal information, and your trip might be ruined. As WIRED explained, travel scammers are out there, so it’s worth knowing everything you can… Read more…

Lifehacker 180 2023-07-22