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fraudWhatsApp and Facebook ticket giveaways: viral fraud
WhatsApp and Facebook are swimming in links to ticket giveaways for fairs and airlines. Don’t get excited, though; the tickets are fake.
phishing
threatsWe’re not going on a summer holiday
Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.
No, you have not won two free airline tickets
Not long ago, Facebook was hit with a wave of posts that falsely claimed to be giving away a suspiciously large number of free flight tickets in honor of airline anniversaries
Booking systems’ insecurity allows free flights and more
People post photos of their tickets online. Why shouldn’t they? Instagram alone contains thousands of images showing concert, airplane, and even lottery tickets. If everyone does it, why shouldn’t you?
barcodesNever post tickets with barcodes online!
Security experts and media pundits warn people to avoid posting pictures of their tickets online. Many people follow this rule, but not everyone. Time and time again and again, and again, we see photos of