Originally Posted by
mozilla
I'm sure if the email was from a US-based office, far fewer people would call it a scam, albeit the chances of scam would be the same, if not higher because a higher total number of employed people means a higher probability of a rogue employee.
But it happens to be MX, and although UA has a big operation there, and that is where the OP is actually traveling to, which perfectly explains why the agent can access the reservation, this has to be a scam.
This is stereotyping which encourages prejudice, and it definitely calls for some introspection.
I think it has a bit more to do with the fact that OP random received an unsolicited e-mail from a person he had no prior relationship with who promised him something for nothing and asked for a credit card number. I don't think that's stereotyping, prejudiced, etc. etc. at all. No matter what country that happens in, something like that is almost always a scam. Random unsolicited request for a credit card or bank account number = scam. Offer of something for nothing = scam.