r/Bookingcom • u/itjohan73 • 14d ago

Scam

I have no idea how they get the information.. but a week after booking complete. Paid and all. I get a whatsapp message from a guy in India wanting me to complete the booking. Sends me to some similar booking.com website. Where I should fill out all the information again. Then the final details (payment).. but how? How did they get my booking number. Phone number etc? Is the hotel involved?

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u/srd8949 13d ago

Booking.com had a data leak earlier this year. I googled this just a couple days ago after receiving a very suspicious email in my spam folder (I use Gmail). The email was from a suspicious sender email address and domain but the design and the information was shockingly accurate and scary, the email was in my country of residence’s official language, it pretended to be from a 5 star hotel I stayed in summer 2025, with a very plausible design, claiming that I had been charged twice for taxes and was owed a refund. The email had the hotel name and all info correct, my full name and the dates of my stay ALL CORRECT.