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2 days agoA New Travel Scam Is Targeting Travelers With Fake Texts-Here's How to Spot It
Travelers are being targeted by SMS scams requesting payment or verification details to avoid alleged reservation cancellations.
"We are getting an influx of fraudulent claims being submitted for 'missing items' as these people are observing who is removing their luggage tags in the claim areas and using your information to submit claims for reimbursement," the person wrote in the Reddit post. "From my own personal experience in currently dealing with this it is causing issue with reimbursing the real people if they submit a legitimate claim. So please be careful and don't take your tags off at the airport. They can steal enough information from that to use your travel itinerary to get paid."