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Old Nov 9, 2015 | 7:35 pm
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Text4Travel.com - Scam, or Legit?

I can't see using them anyway, but a friend did, and I'm concerned that it's basically the triangulation scam, just with airlines in place of eBay:

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/11/h...a-virtual-atm/

Here's their website:

http://text4travel.com

You text them your request, they beat everyone else on price, but not a ton. Just a reasonable amount. You pay them via PayPal. They book the ticket.

I suspect they book the ticket with some stolen credit card.

Text number is Idaho area code, street address in New York, domain name to Panama? And the domain name is very new.

Has anyone used them? I'm definitely hoping they are legit as I don't want my friend to have been duped here. His ticket is booked for a long way out, so I'm concerned that it'll get canceled in a few months, too late to reverse the PayPal charge.
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