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| Emily Feng - Ozy - Wednesday, May 1, 2019 |
Like many working women in China, Ashley Wu shops almost exclusively online. Then, last November, she booked a nonexistent domestic flight online, after a person posing as a customer service representative called and told her that her existing ticket had been canceled.
The person perpetrating the fraud had access to Wu's online purchases and knew that she had recently booked a RMB 4,000 ($600) flight. The voice on the phone told her that she needed to rebook the flight immediately or risk not being able to fly