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Travel and vacation scams cost consumers more than $10.6 million, FTC says - ABC 11
If you have any travel planned over the next few weeks and months, now that travel restrictions are becoming more relaxed, you need to make sure you take the right steps to protect yourself.
Since the beginning of this year, according to the Federal Trade CommissionUS consumers have been scammed out of more than $28 million. Travel and vacation complaints top the list with most reports. The FTC has received over 6,600 travel-related consumer fraud complaints, which total $10.6 million dollars in losses across the country.
Amber Jennings had a flight booked to get away to London. COVID-19 canceled that trip.
"The flights were canceled, and the company that we booked through---it's just been a nightmare trying to get our money back even though the flights were canceled," Jennings said.
If you have any travel planned over the next few weeks and months, now that travel restrictions are becoming more relaxed, you need to make sure you take the right steps to protect yourself.
Since the beginning of this year, according to the Federal Trade CommissionUS consumers have been scammed out of more than $28 million. Travel and vacation complaints top the list with most reports. The FTC has received over 6,600 travel-related consumer fraud complaints, which total $10.6 million dollars in losses across the country.
Amber Jennings had a flight booked to get away to London. COVID-19 canceled that trip.
"The flights were canceled, and the company that we booked through---it's just been a nightmare trying to get our money back even though the flights were canceled," Jennings said.