Holidaymakers often snag good bargains when booking hotels or flights on online travel portals, but scammers appear to have recently sniffed out these platforms as lucrative hunting ground for victims.linked to hotel room bookings using the popular Booking.com portal since the start of 2023, with total losses amounting to at least $8,800.
A spokesman for Booking.com told The Straits Times that some of its accommodation partners had their accounts compromised after being targeted by phishing e-mails. Lastly, a third party, such as Booking.com’s partners, may have been compromised, leading to scammers being given administrative access to the in-app chat function.
“We closely monitor any bad actors that impersonate us, and work with the relevant parties to take them down,” he said.