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Genuine Hotel Booking Details Used in Phishing Scam

05
Aug
2014

In a recent phishing case, the crooks managed to get hold of the real details of a victims hotel booking and then sent them an email purporting to deliver an invoice from Booking.com, the online service used for the booking.Any bit of personal information can be useful for cybercriminals, as they can weave their story around it in order to create a lure that cannot be refused.The Register received a sample of such an email, where the targeted tourists received an email containing accura…

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