If you buy airline tickets on Craigslist, you could find yourself paying for the tickets twice, thanks to this latest scam. Elliot blogs the story of a William Marleua, who who bought Southwest airline tickets from someone on Craigslist. Four months after taking the flight, a Southwest collections specialist called him and told him to pay up. Turns out the original tickets were bought using a stolen credit card, and then the real owner of the credit card disputed the charge. Here’s what Southwest said about the situation, “Southwest has never been paid for the flight Mr. Marleau took. It is our business policy to collect payment from the person who flew….It’s a difficult situation, but we cannot protect a customer who chooses to make a questionable purchase on Craigslist for a Southwest Airlines flight.”
Scam alert: don’t buy Southwest tickets on Craigslist [Elliot]
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Its not just Craigslist that people should be careful buying from its also eBay. I bought a voucher on eBay and when I used it to purchase a flight 2 months later. Turns out that on the date of my flight that the voucher was reported as fraudulent. Since it is over 45 days neither eBay or Paypal will give me a refund, so I am currently discussing the situation with my credit card company. I would never purchase gift card or vouchers from eBay again.