I started trying to book a flight last Thursday but when they sent me the information about the bank details, I couldn't understand why their UK bank account didn't have a sort code and account number, they were only giving international bank account information. I kept asking them to sent the local bank account information.
Beneficiary name: TS Agency, Ltd.
Beneficiary address: Flight Scanner Online, Ltd, Raina Bulvaris 11, Riga, LV-1050, Latvia
Bank: Natwest Bank
Bank address: 65 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4EJ, UK
swift/BIC: NWBKGB2L
Account (IBAN): GB29NWBK60070640720489
On Friday someone called me on a number that registered 021972001. He spoke with, what appeared to be, an Indian accent. I had two phone calls, both times he asked me how I was going to make payments and insisted that I could make bank transfers or Western Union and they would pick up the tab.
I was really suspicious of the authenticity of the company but because the website was so detailed, it seemed unlikely that it was fake and their statement that they purchase airmiles to reduce the cost of tickets seemed plausable. I had masses of flights to book and was really worried about the hike in prices that happened over the past few weeks. So I booked one flight as a test.
I made the bank transfer on Monday.
I received the electronic tickets as promised this morning. I phoned the airline to confirm they were real. They are not. Curiously the company is so disorganised that they actually sent me two sets of tickets, one for another flight that I hadn't even booked.
I want to get the word out there as quickly as possible that this is a scam because I googled the name of the company but I couldn't find any information about them and that was why I proceeded with the order...
Below are the contact details I was given for the company
Best regards,
Albert Krakis
Sales Manager
FlightScannerOnline 44 (0) 20-3286-9066 (UK)
372-618-8065 (Latvia)
[email protected]
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