Reservation Confirmation - Scam Alert

You might receive an email confirming your hotel or travel bookings. If you have made recent bookings you will check. If you haven't you may be tempted to check to make sure there isn't a mistake.

My advice, delete the email and make contact with the company you booked your travel with.

The email might read something like this: 

Hotel Confirmation: 9463504             

                                Date:                     Wed, 1 Aug 2012 09:03:30 +0900                                 ---       

                Herewith you receive the electronic reservation for your hotel. Please refer to attached file for full details.                                          

 Arrival: Saturday, August 04, 2012Departure: Monday, August 06, 2012                             

 Number of rooms: 1   

     

 Sincerely,Customer Service TeamBooking.com  http://www.booking.com   Your Reference ID is: 3165608    The Booking.com reservation service is free of charge. We do not charge you any booking fees or administration fees, and in many cases rooms offer free cancellation.-Booking.com guarantees the best hotel rates in both cities and regional destinations - ranging from small family hotels to luxury hotels.

There is a company called booking.com, but this email is not from them.  The harm will come in 1 or 2 ways. The file you open will have a trojan, or the website it directs you to will run one of those wonderful "Your computer has been infected" scams on you.