Christo Snyman, national
director of forensic
sciences at Mazars, and
the agency that fell victim
to the fraud, give tips on
how to protect your agency:
1.Be wary of excuses: No
travel desk or agency is
offline for a month.
2.Phone the company
directly and check the
validity of their requests.
Do not use the phone
number on the email.
Rather look up the
company’s details online.
3.Check the routing
of the tickets. It is
unlikely that a company
based in London would
need flights from
Johannesburg to New
York via Lagos.
4.Be suspicious of people
using multiple credit
cards for each booking.
5.Be wary of urgent
bookings for travel that
needs to be completed
in less than five days.
Protect yourself:
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