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If you get an email that appears to come from “tickets@delta.com,” delete it. It’s a phishing scam.
A Waukesha man said he received an email Monday that appeared to be a fake airline ticket confirmation. The email included a link, but he didn’t click it.
Through a call to Delta Air Lines, he found out the airline appears to have received a number of similar calls today.
Delta spokesman Paul Skrbec said Monday that even though it looks like a Delta domain at the end of the email address, the email does not actually come from Delta.
“Because Delta is not the source of the fraudulent activity, we cannot speculate on how the customers were selected to receive this misinformation,” he said in an email. “Delta’s information security team is continuing to monitor the situation.”
He said customers can find more information on emails and scam promotions that appear to be from Delta but are not here on Delta’s website.
As a general rule, if you get an email like this that appears to be suspicious, do exactly what this savvy recipient did: Don’t click on anything (you may get malware or viruses on your computer), just delete the email. If you want to alert the company, do as this man did: search the web for the company’s real phone number (don’t rely on whatever information is provided in the email. It won’t be real.) And whatever you do, don’t take any action or give out any personal information in response.
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