Travel scams
Sale of non-existent travel services.
Scammers use Instagram listings for vacation home rentals to trick people into sending money.
As the New Year holidays approach, fraudsters posing as travel agencies become increasingly active.
Watch our detailed breakdown of the warning signs that revealed this Instagram account posing as a travel agency to be fraudulent.
Knowing these red flags can help you avoid losing money and prevent your vacation from being ruined.
Scammers continue to deceive Instagram users by offering fake rentals of vacation homes through accounts that use stolen photographs.
Fake cottage rental in Borovoe.
We show the warning signs that led us to conclude this was a fraudulent scheme.
Scammers use Instagram listings for vacation home rentals to trick people into sending money.
Scammers use Instagram listings for vacation home rentals to trick people into sending money.
Scammers offer travel packages at suspiciously low prices while impersonating the legitimate travel company Hot Tour.
Stories about travel agents taking money from tourists but failing to pay for trips — or simply disappearing — are becoming increasingly common.
As more travel bookings move online, the number of fly-by-night travel agencies and other unreliable companies continues to grow.
