El auge del turismo dispara los fraudes en reservas electrónicas de viajes
Booking asegura haber bloqueado 14 millones de intentos de transacciones fraudulentas en todo el mundo en 2025 y Airbnb lanza advertencias a sus clientes
Phishing scams, the online identity theft technique, are widely used by fraudsters to obtain banking data from customers of platforms like Booking, which processes millions of reservations annually. In recent years, as tourism booms in Spain and globally, the sophistication of these scams has increased. Where previous attempts were crudely worded, now WhatsApp, the most-used messaging app in Spain, is the preferred method.
The personal data accessed sometimes allows fraudsters to bypass customers' suspicions. Booking claims to have blocked 14 million attempts in 2025, while Airbnb runs campaigns to alert clients about the risk.
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