I booked all my accommodations to Vietnam with Booking but now I’m getting some messages on WhatsApp asking me to confirm my reservation or it will be cancelled. Are they scammers trying to get personal info? I’ve replied to them to contact me via Booking only and I have blocked them. Anybody experienced this issue??
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Yes, it’s common for them to use WhatsApp for communications.
Same thing happened to me yesterday for an Airbnb reservation and according to my host it’s a scam.
As a Booking host, I understand your concern.
They are scammers. One of the places warned me about this in advance so now I am blocking them all. I’m not sure how they have the information because they have my full name and the correct dates and the location that I’m staying, but I have never experienced this, and I use Booking constantly another countries.
I got one at 4am originating in India asking me to confirm my reservation and card details for a hotel in Vietnam – responses to my queries were detailed and immediate even though it was the middle of the night SCAM
Everybody usually does their business over WhatsApp as it is free and with so many foreigners it is easier. You need WhatsApp to make your life easier. Embrace it and I have not found any scammers in 7 years. I’m Canadian.
It’s not a scam. Most hotel rooms are owned my individual that rent the rooms out the person that message is most likely the owner of one of the rooms there. They should never ask for money or bank details through what’s app. Only payment on arrival. It’s perfectly normal here
Example of message, Number from India
Dont reply. All Scammers ! I recieved message too .
I have just had one from SWISSE 🤬