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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by grogenaut on Saturday September 23, 2017 @06:01AM (#15319029)
So what's going to happen is that 2 of the same person show up to the plane... and the copy cat goes on the plane and then you check in, and they say, nope, not you. And then you pull your passport. And then they go get the other person off the plane.
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by user5994461 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @08:04AM (#15319358)
The scammer may have changed the flight time but it's still the original name and ID on the ticket. The scammer would have to fake your passport to be able to onboard as yourself. That's a pretty high bar.
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by rpenm on Saturday September 23, 2017 @06:40AM (#15319140)
And if the scammer moves your fare to an earlier flight, they get away and your ticket is void when you show up.
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by toast0 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @10:11AM (#15319799)
Chances are they'll figure this out before the flight in question lands, and have someone to arrest the scammer at the destination.
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by marcosdumay on Saturday September 23, 2017 @02:14PM (#15320933)
At worst, the company is a flight seat in the loss. Is this really worth protecting?
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by amigoingtodie on Saturday September 23, 2017 @11:13AM (#15320086)
Has this happened?
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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by grogenaut on Saturday September 23, 2017 @10:24PM (#15322922)
And you get a change notification email and you can the airline and scanner gets arrested
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