The Latin American Tours tourism agency reported through its social networks that it was the victim of impersonation by unscrupulous people, who Using company images and documents, they created fake profiles to carry out scams..
“We have been victims of identity theft. Several unscrupulous people who have appropriated the name of our agency by creating false profiles on social networks and they have several telephone lines pretending to be commercial advisers of Latin American Tours”, informed the company.
Likewise, it asked people not to make deposits, transfers or payments in cash to any person or account other than the official one of the company.
Although the complaint is already in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office, the travel agency asks people to report the false pages with which they are scamming people.
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The fraud method used is to use company images such as logos and advertising, as well as documents such as the RUT to gain people’s trust and get them to commit
“The guidelines focus on the national level, but many are from Cali, and are aimed at low-income people. They ask them to pay 50% of the excursion and with the same information as the victims, they open other bank accounts. So, in addition to stealing their money, they use their name to impersonate them. They do double damage,” the company’s legal representative told Alerta Paisa.
Some of the people scammed -between 20 and 30 are spoken- they have reached the main headquarters of the agency or they call daily to claim that they have not received a response after giving the subscription, and that is where they find out about the scam.
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