Cheap Flight Tickets Scam in India

If you are looking to travel in India this time of the year, and plan to book flights online, be aware that there are many scammers trying to make quick money out of you. The scammers promise cheapest flight tickets to potential customers and have duped several naïve travelers in cities like Hyderabad and Chennai in India. The Travel Agents Association India (TAAI) and police have warned people to be careful while booking tickets online.
Even a senior Hyderabad city official was not spared when he was duped by scammers through their online ticket portal. The method of operation is quite simple: the” fake “site is registered on information websites like Justdial.com with fake address and information. These fake sites claim to work for prominent travel agents (like Arzoo.com and Hermes, a travel solutions company) on the internet. The fake agents also register with these travel agencies, which often fail to verify their credentials. They give them the authority to get the login and other information from passengers. When a prospective customer goes online to Just dial and books tickets through such ‘agents’ they get a call a few days prior to travel date that the flight has been cancelled. The refunded money is taken by the fake agents leaving passengers with the realization of having been duped.
16/10/11 Dipashri Mutsaddi/Wikipeers

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Categories: Foreign Oct 2011, Indian Aviation- In General Oct 2011