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We created a fake holiday home listing on 10 Downing Street, were able to make a test payment and publish a fake 10/10 review through booking.com. (www.which.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1375096/we-created-a-fake-listing-were-able-to-make-a-test-payment-and-publish-a-fake-10-10-revi

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[-] Zer0_F0x@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

A colleague barely managed to charge back 1500€ in time after falling for such a scam not two weeks ago.

Booking has not kept up with its own popularity.

[-] MouldyCat@feddit.uk 2 points 16 hours ago

Was it Andy Burnham by any chance?

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