Fraud Alert: Live Chat

ACTA is warning its members to take due diligence when dealing with travel requests over live CHAT channels.  Recently there have been a series of requests made via live CHAT to purchase airline tickets from an ACTA Member.  On September 01 the request was for purchase of a one way ticket from  Douala, Cameroon to Montreal with a connection in Paris on Air France by Scott Miller mscotty455@gmail.com.   Payment for the reservation was to be by a third party credit card.  Passenger on the reservation was:  Mr. Guy Wilfrid Tchouani.  DOB: 12/10/1990 Nationality: Canada.  The reservation was cancelled by the travel agency with no payment processed as the booking agent suspected fraud and would not accept a third party credit card.  On September 7 the agency was contacted again via live CHAT by the same person, trying to STILL make a credit card  booking using the same email contact address   mscotty455@gmail.com .  However last week their Host was 24.52.229.10 and their IP was 24.52.229.10:829040.  On September 7  used a different Host: 23.91.228.12 and their IP was 23.91.228.12:881569. 

If agents believe they have had interactions with the fraudster fitting this profile, please report it to your local fraud prevention authorities.