Tag: travel scams

Airline Travel Scams Increasing

Airline companies around the globe have been making attempts at alerting their customers and travellers to be aware of the increase in airline travel scams. Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australian and Air New Zealand are just some of the airlines that have been attempting to escalate the scam attempts to their clients. The increase in this type of crime covers four major types and consumers are being reminded to double
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Boarding passes linked to a wealth of information about flyers

Krebs from Krebs on security, asks you to consider“the next time you’re thinking of throwing away a used boarding pass with a barcode on it, consider tossing the boarding pass into a document shredder instead. Two-dimensional barcodes and QR codes can hold a great deal of information, and the codes printed on airline boarding passes may allow someone to discover more about you, your future travel plans, and your frequent
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