Fremont, CA (PRWeb) January 23, 2012 Tags: Caveat emptor is a universal warning: be careful shoppers. Purchase at your own risk. Theres no direct translation of Latin to be alert for scams too good to be true of Internet travel. However, online fraud scams daily travelers. Cheap business class flights cheap specialist Lets Fly (LFC) will protect customers, and consumers in general, from such travel websites and offer fake tickets there.

Tags: To help customers to fly smarter and cheaper, LFC has assembled some of the stories they find bad agent. They also encourage people to share their own stories online fraud horror trip by visiting the company website at http://www.letsflycheaper.com. LFC will publish the best (read: worst) travel fraud and the award of $ 100 gift certificate to the operator with the most interesting stories. Let Cheapers Lets Fly Fly smarter Travel Scams Contest runs through February 29, 2012.

Tags: As an online discount travel agent, Lets Fly cheaper is hypersensitive to the weaknesses that exist in Internet sales. There is great potential for fraud in both the travel business, explains Ramon Van Meer, marketing director of LFC. Our goal is to help consumers protect themselves. This particular scam has happened to a friend of mine. We do not want to see other people get fooled by this – or any other -. Scheme

Tags: Ads / Southwest Fraud

Scammers post advertisements in the newspaper classifieds Craigslist or other online or on eBay. Many times they will offer Southwest Airlines gift cards, vouchers, gifts or money to travel fast. Southwest is the most common, because one of the few that allows customers to reward them rapidly to others.

Tags: thats why you will see a rapid reward southwest, but no other lines, said Van Meer. Usually a large (as if) cheap, as the value offered $ 1000 to $ 500 or less.

Those who take the bait to know when they reach the airport ticket counter that the rewards are fictitious or fraudulently purchased. Of course, at that time the road is too late.

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Tags: When he came to the airport was informed that the card has been canceled because of gift cards purchased with stolen credit cards. Not only did he have to buy a brand new card at the scene (at much higher prices), had to pay for in cash. Since it is essentially buying a ticket (via gift card) with a stolen credit card, he immediately suspect and his own credit card was declined. Worse still, like many people, he can withdraw only $ 500 per day using his ATM card. Is to go to the bank to withdraw cash. He eventually lost the flight and had to wait until the next day flew to the funeral. So all told, he lost $ 400 on Craigslist scammer, $ 300 + more to buy a new ticket, missed flights, and additional stressful.

Tags: The most frightening thing is, very easy for fraudsters to pull out of this, notes Van Meer. What you do is go to southwest.com and using credit cards to buy gift cards stolen. Sometimes they buy a real card and cancel flights for travel in the fund. When they get a gift card in their email box, only the PIN. They then place an ad for Craigslist advertising $ 1,000 gift card for $ 500, or the same number of attractive offers. When the hook potential buyers, they persisted in trying to provide a code for the actual gift card. Yes, true, but paid with a stolen credit card! Most of the time the unfortunate buyers only knew the truth when they go to redeem their actual travel Southwest ticket counter. Until then, their money is long gone.

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Tags: LFC urge the public not to take 50% of the offer requires the payment can not be traced. All warnings on Craigslist site about fake payment methods, etc. But the scammers are always 10-Next steps in the future with new ways to steal your hard-earned money, said Van Meer.

Tags: Lets Fly cheaper plan to regularly publish advice on how to avoid travel scams. Currently, the company takes travelers advisory on its website through the Lets Fly smarter Travel Scams Contest. If you are not comfortable posting details of your scam stories on the website, e-mail us. What information is important. Sharing your story can help others to shop smarter and save money and grief on their next transaction, advises Van Meer.

Tags: Lets Fly cheap offers $ 100 gift card (not the South West, and certainly not paid with stolen credit card) in exchange for fraudulent traveler tips. Also received a tip through February 29, occurring as a leap year and therefore seems appropriate to end the day like our competition, said Van Meer. All applications will be considered for posting on the site outside the LFC and publication possible. Winner of the contest will be the poster / emailer for fraud stories evaluated (by the business travel agents LFC) to be the most extreme.

Tags: Go http://www.letsflycheaper.com/blog/travel-scams-contest/ submit your story to warn tourists and your friend might win $ 100 gift card.

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