Type of a scam Employment
I received this in my email…"I’m Mrs Veronica Winkler, The Talent Source Manager at Booking.com. We Reviewed your Resume online via Indeed. We have an opening for the following positions: Accountant, Book Keeper, Data Entry, Financial Analyst, Customer Service, Administrative Assistant, Call Center Representative, Technical Support, Chief Financial Officer.
As a result of your application, we are impressed by your history of good skills, and we would love to speak with you about the new available positions we’re creating on our global marketing team.
This company offers medical and dental insurance, long-term disability, sick leave, life insurance, 401K, and profit-sharing are available. Each of the positions is paying $20.00 – $35.00 per hour plus incentives.
You are required to setup a Skype account and invite me on Skype on [email protected] and send a message right away to proceed with the job briefing and interview as soon as possible. Your verification code for the interview is #BOK017 and this would serve as your identification number throughout the online hiring process. This interview will take place online and training is available.
We look forward to hearing from you
Best Regards,
Booking Inc."
I was skeptical but i went through the online interview and said i wanted paychecks and i did not give any personal info out.While i was waiting the requested 45 min to get an "answer" i found another one of these (similar) on the ScamPulse.com website from April 2020. I then sent it to this Veronica and asked her if she could comment. She did confirm that any software needed would be paid for by them in form of sent money (see other scam that i found on BBB). Why not just send the software? Hmmm.
I am highly experienced and this job would have been very needed and a perfect opportunity for my family and I (I also would have been a GREAT asset to the position). It is really unfortunate that these opportunities are not realistic and sad that people still prey on others like this.
Victim Location 43920
Type of a scam Business Email Compromise
These people sent us a booking confirmation for a house in Hungary. We did not make this booking. I can not contact Booking.com unless I create an account which I am reluctant to do. They claim they charged the room to our MasterCard. We don’t have a MasterCard.
Victim Location 24605
Total money lost $500
Type of a scam Online Purchase
Was trying to book rooms at a hotel and got to a fraudulant Booking.com website. Sent scammers $500 on a Wal-mart gift card. Asked me to scratch off the back and give them the numbers.
Victim Location 30907
Type of a scam Online Purchase
There is a company that has hacked booking.com and when you click the phone icon in the app it calls this # 8889804348.
This is not bookings .com and they try to scam you out of more money. Booking .com is not honoring your ariginal bookings when you cancel and even they try to up the rates. Do not use this site for hotel bookings. My hotel rate went from $271 to $500 Booking.com did not even care that they are being hacked and did want the information that I had.
Victim Location 61360
Total money lost $84.84
Type of a scam Counterfeit Product
Booked a room online and couldn’t use it. Called to cancel and now it’s company policy not to refund money.
Victim Location 22026
Total money lost $194
Type of a scam Credit Cards
If you book a hotel with Booking.com, they will tell you that your credit card will not be charged unless you check into the hotel. This is not true because if you don’t check in or you attempt t cancel there is an undisclosed widow to cancel your room that they will not tell you about. I attempted to cancel my room within an hour of making the reservation, but the hotel charged me the full amount plus tax because it was not within their undisclosed 72 hour cancellation window which I was not informed about.
Victim Location 98270
Type of a scam Phishing
The company sent me an email saying I had made a booking using their website and no showed at the check in date. Since I do travel often I clicked the link stating I did not stay as i was confused and wanted to know more about this booking since it was a place i recognized and proceeded go to the website where it asked me to sign in. I attempted a password that if I ever used the site may have been it but it wasn’t so I clicked forgot password and it generated another email to create a new password. I then entered the site and realized I have never created any reservations on this site let alone been to it. The further proof came when i went into the my profile section and the only information was my first and last name and email address and it said i had only been a member of the site since 2017. Whoever within the company created my account and made a false booking as me only knew my name and email address. I feel it had to be someone within the company because since no payment information was present any bookings it generated must have had to have someone bypass payment for the booking. Also I watched the link trail when I clicked the link of the original no show email and it tracked through …secure.noshow.booking.com/contest….
Victim Location 35111
Type of a scam Other
I BOOKED A VACATION HOUSE WITH THIS COMPANY GOT 2 CONFIRMATIONS AND THEN GET AN EMAIL STATING IT NEEDED TO BE CANCELLED.
THIS IS THE 2ND TIME I USED BOOKING.COM AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME