About 10,000 Booking.com customers fell for phishing scams

Third-party hotel reservation service Booking.com says that dozens of email phishing websites are getting ahold of customer details by sending fraudulent but convincing messages to hotels, according to a report on the BBC website today.

A Booking.com spokesperson told the BBC that it is contacting customers affected by the scams and that it "has made changes so data can only be accessed from a computer linked to the hotel's server."

When contacted by Tnooz, Booking.com confirmed the story but said it was "old news."

About 10,000 customers are said to be affected by the phishing scams, which vary. The details are at Scammers target leading online travel agent Booking.com.

EARLIER: A Trojan attack on Booking.com computers led to personalized phishing emails.

NB:Phishing image courtesy of Shutterstock.