Rich
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Honestly, I'm being hard on myself in that title.
Here's the story. Booked a hotel for next month on booking.com. Earlier today, I get an e-mail from booking.com saying I needed to verify my credit card info. I did.
Get an e-mail a few hours later from a representitive of the hotel saying they aren't sure why these -emails are going out, my info was already verified, and to not click any links.
Well, too late.
Here's the deal. The initial e-mail came from the SAME place that the second one did. And the rep told me, later, she was using booking.com's "extranet" to message me. Well, so was the scammer. ANd the scammer had all of my reservation info. Where I was staying, when I was arriving, my confirmation number. They even had my note I wrote in the "special request" section when I booked the hotel.
So, really, not so much of a phishing scam as it is booking.com is clearly data breached and me warning you guys..don't use booking.com
Here's the story. Booked a hotel for next month on booking.com. Earlier today, I get an e-mail from booking.com saying I needed to verify my credit card info. I did.
Get an e-mail a few hours later from a representitive of the hotel saying they aren't sure why these -emails are going out, my info was already verified, and to not click any links.
Well, too late.
Here's the deal. The initial e-mail came from the SAME place that the second one did. And the rep told me, later, she was using booking.com's "extranet" to message me. Well, so was the scammer. ANd the scammer had all of my reservation info. Where I was staying, when I was arriving, my confirmation number. They even had my note I wrote in the "special request" section when I booked the hotel.
So, really, not so much of a phishing scam as it is booking.com is clearly data breached and me warning you guys..don't use booking.com