Scam call center pretending to be Costco Travel ticks cruise ship passengers

Cruise ship passengers tricked out of $6,000 by fake Costco Travel

Michelle Couch-Friedman

Michelle Couch-Friedman

Chief Fiasco Fixer / Consumer reporter

On Black Friday, Shane McCormick called Costco Travel to book four cabins on a Royal Caribbean cruise to Alaska. At least that’s what he thought he was doing. In reality, he dialed the wrong number and instead of Costco Travel he reached a scam call center.  Of course, the man on the other end of the line didn’t alert McCormick of his error. In fact, the call was exactly what the fake Costco Travel agent had been waiting for all day. The bad actor was more than happy to collect $6,000 from his unaware target.

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