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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 1:33 am
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nbevan
 
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Originally Posted by akersnl
I just got an email from [email protected] that says I have a travel voucher as a result of a canceled flight in Dallas due to weather. Is this a legit email or scam? I did have this cancelled travel due to snow in Dallas. I am a bit worried because it has an embedded link to "my voucher" and an attached .txt file it wants me to open.
It is difficult to tell whether the originating address [email protected] is genuine or faked, but the real test is the url in the voucher link: if the address between "http://" and the next "/" ends in aa.com, is is legit, i.e. it should be: "http://xxxxx.aa.com/xxxxxx".
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