The 'best' travel scams
February 8, 2008
The Times has published a piece on the 13 best travel scams. There are some usual suspects in this list. Travel Weekly ran a Stamp out Fraud campaign with ABTA last year which highlighted the scale of the problem for travel professionals.
For example, in 2006 cardholder-not-present fraud rose by 16% to £212.6 million, while card fraud against the travel industry increased by £800,000 to £24.1 million.
Fraud is a big problem in the industry - both for consumers and travel companies.
Martin Couzins, online editor
Nathan Midgley
