American Airlines customers are asked to be on the lookout for fake e-ticket email cancelation scams like the one below. The fake e-ticket scams are being sent by online scammers to trick potential victims into clicking on a cancelation link in it, which goes to a fake American Airlines website that steals personal and financial information.
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An "American Airlines E-Ticket Cancelation" Scam
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: May 8, 2018 at 22:00:33 EDT
Subject: E-Ticket American Airlines Confirmation-CJ2S2H 10JUN
AA.com (R) Reservations Redeem Miles My Account Fare Sales and Offers Fare Sales and Offers
Ticket Issued: May 7, 2018
Thank you for choosing American Airlines / American Eagle, a member of the oneworld® Alliance. Below are your itinerary and receipt for the ticket(s) purchased. Please print and retain this document for use throughout your trip.
If you did not authorize this purchase, please visit Payment Cancellation.
We have successfully charged amount $668.80 to your PayPaI
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The "cancelation" link the fake email goes to the following fraudulent website:
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hxxp://my.booking-reservationamericanairlines.com
Recipients of this scam who have submitted their credit card information on the phishing website are asked to contact their banks for help and should check their credit card statements for fraudulent transactions.
And, those who have attempted to sign into the same fake and fraudulent American Airlines website are asked to change their American Airlines account password.
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