As booking accommodation and travel online becomes more commonplace, so do booking scams . Consumers' association CHOICE says criminals have been known to create fake accounts on booking platforms such as Airbnb and Booking.com, or hack into legitimate profiles on these sites to steal from holidaymakers. So how can you stay safe when booking travel online ?

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Cybersecurity firm Sophos's field chief information security officer for Australia, Pacific and Japan, Aaron Bugal, says anything we do online has the potential to be exploited, so he's not surprised to see fraudsters targeting travellers booking their holidays.

"And unfortunately,

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