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I find it weird they accused you of lying, considering every time I purchase airline tickets the bank receives the full ticket information including the PNR (na
by ipython 7y ago
I find it weird they accused you of lying, considering every time I purchase airline tickets the bank receives the full ticket information including the PNR (name information and ticket number) for the issued ticket.
For fraudsters wouldn’t that be a huge risk ordering tickets in your own name? Or is there another dimension I’m missing here?
- StavrosK 7y agoSeriously! I have no idea, I assume they can just call the merchant up and ask whose name the tickets were purchased in. I'm pretty sure they won't be in mine, what would be the purpose of that? The scammer just wasted a bunch of tickets if so. I don't know why they don't just call the merchant and get the details. I tried but they wouldn't give me anything or revert the transaction. Also, I just realize there's yet another, even larger declined transaction in the GBP tab (after I canceled the card). So the fraudster actually tried to buy even more travel stuff.
- greatpatton 7y agoThe 2 times I had fraud issue with my credit card it was people buying plane ticket. One time it was on Easyjet for a ticket a few hours later and it was clear that the name was completely made up (strangely it appeared on my credit card statement). It seems that travel/air ticket are a major source of fraud.
- luckylion 7y ago> For fraudsters wouldn’t that be a huge risk ordering tickets in your own name? Or is there another dimension I’m missing here? There was a scheme with the German federal train operator Deutsche Bahn last year where they'd buy tickets, cancel them and get a (transferable) voucher for the amount. These vouchers weren't tied to the original transaction, so when the payment was denied later on, the fraudsters still had the "clean" coupon, which they then sold with a margin.