British Airways travel warning over lost luggage scam accounts
dailyrecord.co.ukA new scam has been spotted, with fraudsters now pretending to help British Airways customers with lost luggage. Some who were using their social media accounts to inquire about lost luggage were receiving responses from fake accounts.
These accounts were reportedly trying to get BA customers to part with money in order to get their lost luggage back. This is not how British Airways operates, as they will not charge you for recovering missing luggage.
They also do not ask for personal information or details through social media, reports the Mirror. Responding to the news of the scam, travel expert Simon Calder tweeted: "British Airways passengers targeted in baggage scam using Twitter. "Villains told travellers to wire money to recover misrouted baggage.
BA and other airlines don't do this. Never send personal information to an organisation that doesn't have a blue tick."Passengers were taking to Twitter to raise issues over lost luggage or delayed refunds with the airline's official Twitter channel @British_Airways about their issues.
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