The number of fake tour operator websites has increased dramatically in Russia.
“The number of fake websites of tour operators and ticket bookings has increased dramatically in Russia,” said Anton Nemkin, a member of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.
According to RIA Novosti, this is due to the fact that in the summer the number of users making online reservations and buying tickets on such sites increases sharply. He noted that many people do this spontaneously and ignore security measures on the Network.
Scammers, in turn, take advantage of this and create fake, phishing sites that help them steal data and use it for illegal purposes.
As previously reported by the Free Press, according to Sergey Romashkin, ATOR Vice President for Domestic tourism, the average cost of a summer tour in Sochi reaches 105 thousand rubles, while Anapa may be even more expensive — in the region of 109 thousand.