Originally Posted by
DenverBrian
Everything about this screen shot screams fraud. If you have even rudimentary English skills - even if it's not your native language - you should be able to spot the myriad of grammar errors in this email.
"Telephonic" conversation? Who out there has even seen that word used in any sort of context ever?
"Fresh" charge on card?
And the message lacks articles all over the place. "Please check with relevant embassy" instead of "your relevant embassy" or "the relevant embassy." It's written on the level of many Nigerian money scams.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I obviously didn't read the email. I just scanned it quickly, saw the UA logo and my itinerary, then copy-pasted the requested text while I was on the phone with the "agent" and hit send so I could finish the call and go to bed. Once I found out that UA had no record of a payment, I opened this email again, noticed all of the same errors that you pointed out, and immediately knew what happened.
I know it's hard for some people to believe that a native English speaker and frequent traveler could fall for this kind of scam, but that's exactly what happened.
I'm not blaming anyone but myself, just trying to raise awareness for this kind of scam.