Phu Quy island tourism is about to enter the most beautiful sea season of the year, attracting many tourists. The services of booking tours to Phu Quy island become more vibrant. From there, there are scams of "cheap travel combos" by scammers who offer much cheaper service prices than other places to target tourists' psychology.
Faced with the above situation, the Phu Quy island district police, Binh Thuan province warned people about signs to identify these fraud tricks.
First, the subjects posted articles advertising the sale of cheap tours and hotel rooms on the Internet and social networks with many accompanying utilities and asked the victim to transfer a deposit (from 30-50% of the value) to deposit for tours and hotel rooms, thereby appropriating the deposit.
Another trick is to fake the website/fanpage of a reputable travel company, fake photos of receipts, payment invoices and ask victims to transfer payment for tour costs.
After customers transfer money to pay for tourism services, the subjects will block communication and erase all traces.
According to the police, to avoid being scammed by the above tricks, people need to carefully research information when choosing travel packages, should choose tour booking, booking rooms, booking train tickets from reputable companies or through travel apps (tourism applications).
To feel more secure, people can ask the partner to show them the business license, documents, practice certificates... of travel and tourism companies.
Be careful when receiving offers to buy travel packages at too cheap prices 30-50% cheaper than the general market price).
Be especially cautious when travel agencies request a deposit transfer for reservations, if possible, they should make direct payment transactions.
In addition, customers should pay attention to signs of identifying fake websites through website names and domain names.
Usually, the names of fake websites will be similar to the names of real websites but will have additional or missing some characters. Fake domain names often use strange endings such as .cc, .xyz, .tk...
In particular, for social networking sites (Fanpages) that sell and promote travel packages, especially cheap travel packages and cheap air tickets, people should choose social networking sites with blue checkmarks (registered accounts) or choose reputable social networking sites that they know the seller's information.
Confirm the information about booking rooms and booking train tickets to promptly detect signs of fraud, report to the nearest police agency for guidance on how to handle it.
