Research on airline ticket fraud
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Research on airline ticket fraud
I thought this was an interesting paper on a type of fraud that I hadn't really ever considered.
https://link.springer.com/article/10...611-018-9777-8
This inspired me to change the password on my AA.com account (AAccount?), which was one of the last holdovers from before I used a password manager for everything.
https://link.springer.com/article/10...611-018-9777-8
Abstract: Every day, hundreds of people fly on airline tickets that have been obtained fraudulently. This crime script analysis provides an overview of the trade in these tickets, drawing on interviews with industry and law enforcement, and an analysis of an online blackmarket. Tickets are purchased by complicit travellers or resellers from the online blackmarket. Victim travellers obtain tickets from fake travel agencies or malicious insiders. Compromised credit cards used to be the main method to purchase tickets illegitimately. However, as fraud detection systems improved, offenders displaced to other methods, including compromised loyalty point accounts, phishing, and compromised business accounts. In addition to complicit and victim travellers, fraudulently obtained tickets are used for transporting mules, and for trafficking and smuggling. This research details current prevention approaches, and identifies additional interventions, aimed at the act, the actor, and the marketplace.
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Since OMNI is for non-travel, points or miles topics, we're going to move this thread.
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