Your flight is canceled, "to the latest scams

Recently, Chengdu, Miss Bai online shopping during the National Day round-trip ticket from Beijing to Chengdu, the same day received a confirmation message. October 6, living in Beijing, she received a text message, saying return flight has been canceled, you need Meal or refund. Miss Bai impatient to leave immediately call the customer service phone text message, fake call first to make her way with a bank card transfers handled Meal, then said payment is unsuccessful, the need to re-purchase, and then returned the original purchase tickets this one to two to go, a total of 11,461.82 yuan deceived her. In fact, Miss Bai originally booked the flight did not cancel.

Coincidentally, Ms. Zhu Dalian purchased October 14 CZ6524 flight from Shanghai to Dalian. The day before the trip, she received a text message Meal tickets, called "flight was canceled due to mechanical causes of failure, after receiving the message, promptly contact the company for you to apply for a refund or altered tickets, so as not to affect the trip as refund , for a full refund, in addition to compensatory damages of $ 100. Meal charge 20 yuan fee. "this Note's Southern customer service phone text messages as" 4008225355 "and prompts within eight hours of effective information. Ms. Zhu operation is in accordance with defrauding 2,000 yuan each. In fact, the flight has not been canceled, the airline has never issued a similar message. This message in Southern customer service phone also false.

Passengers caliber professional liar difficult to distinguish

This kind of "flight cancellations," the fraudulent messages, especially for flight operations can confuse passengers are not familiar with: "Dear so and so travelers: Hello you book October 22 × × × × flights have been canceled, resulting in not normal takeoff, please contact the company after receiving the message, your refund or altered tickets, so did not vote no flights (Note: another multi-back refund for a full refund of $ 100 to be charged 20 dollars Gongben Meal fee) for the inconvenience updating customer service phone:! × × × × ×, within five hours of active "At first glance it seems no problem, it really is not very familiar with the process of airline passengers to scare! .

The most frightening thing is that these fraudulent messages accurately know the victim's ID number and flight information, as long as the phone is turned on, the victim will be asked to change my ticket liar, and again requested transfer by bank card can only be a vote, the the original ticket after ticket refund money, the victim is often believed, and follow the instructions step by step into the crook of the trap.

According to reports, a liar fraud processes are often the first text messages to inform consumers of flight cancellations, and leave contact information, and consumer ID number and flight information are consistent. Again, allow consumers Meal flights, requiring payment by bank card first before they can again transfer Meal Ticket, ticket successfully restored ticket money back. Finally, consumers provide false bank card customer service and receive a trade alert, requiring consumers to provide verification code, consumers believed, reported to the other party verification code to complete a transfer.

To remind the industry: non-passengers will not be charged for personal reasons Meal

For travelers reflects "not normal takeoff flight" scam SMS, industry insiders said that due to the passenger causes Meal, refund, according to the charge-off regulation Meal fees, cancellation fees, charged by the proportion of airline ticket discounts, individual tickets or group ticket is different before and after the plane took off (back Meal time) vary. As the airline itself causes flight cancellations, airline full refund, free sign turn, change the fee will not be charged to the passenger. So airlines can not mention in the notification "to receive 20 dollars fee."

Secondly, after receiving the message, the first message carefully to identify the source, carefully check the flight number, date and destination information, reason for cancellation. Airlines uniform use 5-digit customer number, usually 5-6 digits beginning with 955. In general, non-adverse weather conditions, very few major airlines canceled flights.

Information disclosure is inconclusive how to identify genuine police Weapon

For the above, there are many users questioned liar been able to defraud, either CNAC letter system out of loopholes being exploited by hackers; Or is the ghost, the passenger booking information sold to those liars. Otherwise, how to explain the situation to understand those scammers on the ticket was so clear?

In this regard, police said, to receive information about money, do not believe, do not easily login URL or SMS text message in reply to a strange phone; involuntary transfer funds to unfamiliar accounts. Hang extension notice, changes and other aspects, airlines generally will choose a way to artificially outgoing calls, during which do not involve the bank card number, amount, etc. The easiest way is to check the airline's official website or call its 24-hour customer service hotline timely verification. In addition, the smart phone tops APP can also receive flight information accurate flight information push, to avoid being taken.