
收到不明手机号码发来的航班变动短信,您会直接回拨吗?
根据媒体报道,航班诈骗短信近年来层出不穷、愈演愈烈,不断有旅客因诈骗短信而造成财产损失。中航嘉信特此向您支招:如何预防和应对诈骗短信?
为何会收到诈骗短信
旅客在预定行程后,个人信息通常会在代理商、中国航信预定系统及航空公司等多个环节流转,每个环节均存在泄露信息的可能,且不排除通过其他渠道遭到泄露的可能。
诈骗短信的特征
1. 发送短信的手机号码非官方公布的号码
2. 短信预留的客服电话非官方公布的号
3. 短信内容口语化
4. 短信内容具有诱惑性
以下是诈骗短信和航空公司真实短信样本,敬请参考:

常见的诈骗流程
收到“航空公司”关于“航班取消”的诈骗短信;
拨打短信内提供的虚假客服电话,被要求在ATM自动存取款机上操作办理改签并缴费,承诺事后返还违约金。
通常诈骗过程环环相扣,诈骗短信在飞机起飞前几个或十几个小时内才被发送至旅客手机,造成事件紧急的错觉。
通话时对方还能准确提供旅客姓名、航班号、航班时间等信息,令人深信不疑。
如何预防诈骗短信
1. 保持警惕并时刻防范,切勿轻信短信内容或回拨任何电话
2. 如果收到类似短信,拨打中航嘉信旅行服务中心或航空公司官方热线电话,避免造成任何经济损失
3. 航空公司由于自身原因,如飞机故障等需要改签航班,一般都可以为旅客提供一次免费更改或退票,不存在收取工本费或短信中提及补偿的情况
4. 下载航旅纵横App时刻了解航班动态并管理行程。

Re-occurrence of SMS fraud
Will you call back directly when receiving an SMS sent from an unknown number, telling you that your flights have been changed sent from an unknown number?
As reported by media, SMS frauds appears more and more life-like and occur more and more frequently. People are continuously cheated of properties by SMS frauds, Therefore, CWT China specially give you a tactic: how to secure yourself from a SMS fraud?
Why you can receive fraud SMSs?
When travelers decide a trip with their tickets/hotels booked, their personal info might be transferred among agencies, booking system of Travel Sky Technology and airlines. Each of these channels might leak out all the information. Apart from that, there might exist other channels you don’t know that also sell out the personal details.
The features of SMS frauds
1. The number through which the SMS is sent is not officially publicized.
2. The call center number in the SMS is not an official one
3. The content of the SMS is in oral words instead of formal.
4. The content of the SMSs is inductive.
Below are samples of fraud SMS and official airline SMS for your easy reference:

Scam Procedures in General
You will receive such fraud SMSs such as "flights cancelled" from "airlines";
Dial the false customer service number shown in the text, you will be requested to change your flight and pay the charge. Contractual penalty is guaranteed to be returned afterwards;
Usually the procedures of the fraud are closely linked to each other. The SMS will be sent to the travelers only several hours or a dozen hours before the flights take off, thus an illusion is made as how urgent the incident is!
The one on the phone could even provide accurate information such as your name, flight number, flight schedule, make the whole thing undoubtable.
How to secure yourself from a SMS fraud
1. Be alert and precautious all the time, do not believe in any SMS, or dial back the number directly without any consideration.
2. If you have received such SMSs, please dial CWT call center or the official hotline of the airlines to avoid any economic loss.
3. If the airline company has a reason itself, for example for the aircraft break-down, resulting their travelers have to change the flights, in that case a free alteration or cancellation of the tickets will be offered.
4. Download an App named CozyGo, to know the flight status and manage the schedules at real time.
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