WhatsApp and Facebook ticket giveaways: viral fraud
WhatsApp and Facebook are swimming in links to ticket giveaways for fairs and airlines. Don’t get excited, though; the tickets are fake.
We’re not going on a summer holiday
Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.
No, you have not won two free airline tickets
Facebook has been crawling with reposts that claim to be giving away thousands of free airline tickets. We uncover the truth.
Booking systems’ insecurity allows free flights and more
It is surprisingly easy to hack airline reservations, obtain banking data and other private information, steal tickets, and rack up air miles.
Never post tickets with barcodes online!
One Instagram post with a picture of a ticket can cost you a whole lot of time and money and ruin your day. This is how you can avoid it
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