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Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:41:45
In Reply to: Re: But isn't *everyone* phished with eBay emails?, yaofeng, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 13:45:07
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I get my plane tickets via the airline's web site.I always get e-tickets.
I find my flights, specify the passenger name and put through my card. The passenger name does NOT have to be the same person whose name is on the credit card. I've bought tickets this way for family members and business colleagues. You can do hotel rooms the same way if you pay in advance on a site like Hotels.com. Been there, done that. The hotel just sees that the stay is pre-paid. And as long as a stolen card was not detected before the stay (and the hotel alerted), you'd have a free room. It all comes down to having some information, as I covered in an earlier post.
As for the email address, a gmail, hotmail, or yahoo address works fine, even if it is only used a few times. You get your confirmation number via email and show up for your flight with your real (or fake) ID. There is little or no correlation between the name of the person on the credit card and the person getting on the plane--the airline has already issued the tickets that were charged to the card.
If the real owner of the card realized his/her card was stolen they might be able to stop this and the perp might even get caught, but a smart crook would be able to avoid it.
This happens, and what I describe are just the holes in the system I see as a frequent traveler. The bad guys probably know 5X as much.
Posts in this Thread:
- Am I the victim of another phishing expedition, again?, yaofeng, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:22:50
- Re: Am I the victim of another phishing expedition, again?, SteveJ, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:11:57
- When eBay sends you an email, it should at least ......, TKC, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:21:36
- Immediately change your password and call Ebay..., Chaz, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:41:43
- CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD RFN...., LesH, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:26:59
- Why?, MM, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:26:26
- Re: Why?, yaofeng, Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:43:45
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