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Old Sep 10, 2018, 3:21 am
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Originally Posted by Petrus
Before I get to that stage a border agent sitting in a windowed booth scans the passports and eye-balls me thoroughly. I don't think a fraudster would make it to Boarding.
Indeed, so do the border agents peer into your Manage My Booking? I don't think so. Just to spell it out more clearly: ticket issued in one name and passport number, the fraudster travels on another but legitimate ID altogether, maybe using similarish name. The credit card used was trawled to find a reasonable match. A more sophisticated version involves simple manipulation of the self printed boarding pass or App.
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