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		Impersonation of an airline employee [In Bulgarian] (dnevnik.bg)
		1 point by greendesk on Oct 16, 2017 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

greendesk on Oct 16, 2017 [–]

A crook created an online persona, pretending to be working in the airline industry. He used public photos from an Air France employee on a LinkedIn profile.

The crook had created the persona from 2012. It was a scam to obtain credit card numbers by selling airline tickets.

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