This Labor Day, Beware of These Common Travel Scams

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Oren Todoros

Oren is a cybersecurity and digital risk intelligence expert at BrandShield, focused on protecting organizations from online fraud, brand impersonation, and phishing attacks. He writes about emerging threats across digital ecosystems and strategies for proactive brand protection at scale.

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September 2, 2021

Although the Covid-19 pandemic decreased the rate in which people traveled, the FTC estimates that online travel fraud cost U.S. citizens approximately $80 million over the past year and a half.

An estimated 184 million people will travel this Labor Day weekend. And while people are making last-minute travel plans, criminals are operating at full force. Their goal is to scam Americans out of their vacation money with fake flight deals, listings, and rental packages.

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