We are in the middle of the summer season, when tens of thousands of flights are operated daily, and millions of passengers choose to travel by air to various holiday destinations, but also for personal, business, etc. Inevitably, there are also delayed or canceled flights, most of which are due to lack of staff or crowded airports.
Passengers affected by delayed or canceled flights have become safe targets for cybercriminals. The latter try to take advantage of situations related to problematic flights. Some passengers received messages instructing them how to obtain compensation. All they have to do is click on a link. Nothing unusual so far, only that the respective links lead to various fake pages, clones of sites specialized in recovering compensation from airlines.
Specialists point out that this is a new series of phishing messages. Online criminals can get hold of personal data or bank accounts.
A traveler whose flight was delayed received the following message. "Your flight was recently delayed and you may be entitled to €600 in compensation. Start your application here". The message ends with a link. In reality, it is a computer fraud, they inform digi24.ro.
Hackers use a fictitious company name that is easily mistaken for a company that actually deals with passenger rights and that cybercriminals take advantage of to lure victims.
The advice of specialists is to be cautious. Even more so if you are asked for bank account details or passwords. Check the sender's address and name, as well as the information in the text.
If you have experienced delayed or canceled flights, the first step is to request compensatory rights from the airline. Every airline operator has a page dedicated to this procedure on their website! Later, if you do not resolve directly with the transport company, call the companies specialized in compensation recovery in the base the rights of air passengers. Recommendations airadvisor.com/ro!