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.