Is this a scam? Do I need to do anything?

emsywoo123

I just got this email:

Notification,
FLIGHT NUMBER ***
ELECTRONIC **************
DATE & TIME / DECEMBER 17, 2011, 12:54 PM
ARRIVING / NEW YORK JFK
TOTAL PRICE / 378.83 USD

Please find your ticket attached.
You can print your ticket.

Thank you for using our airline company services.
American Airlines.

(I have starred out some of the detail-don't know why really!!)

Anyway, it IS my birthday today....do you think someone is sending me to NYC!?!? I am planning to go there 2020, but wow

Tea_Pea_Dee

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/48763835#Comment_48763835 Another poster got the same.

It says at the bottom of the post DO NOT CLICK ON ANY ATTACHMENTS. It is spam.

eta: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Alikay

Seems unlkely unless someone close to you booked the flight from your email address. Are there any other personal details? If there is a 6 character booking reference quoted in the email (letters and/or numbers) you can try checking the booking on https://www.viewtrip.com.

emsywoo123

Ugh, dreams *dashed* once again

I didn't click on my "ticket" as it seemed a bit unlikely :rotfl: :rotfl:

Worryingly, they sent it to an email address that I use strictly for business purposes, I have another I use to sign up for stuff (inc here!) so normally I open stuff without thinking!

emsywoo123

Wow, the sender is ****@aa.com, and I informed American Airlines about it, and got an auto reply from ####@aa.com.

They are getting good these flipping spammers! And it had my name and only my name in the email address field.

Miss_Spud

Hi Emsywoo. I was just reading this thread and our company inbox read 1 message. We have just received a similar e-mail from American Airlines but apparantely we are invited 8th December and our flight is cheaper than yours!...Just pressed the delete button.

emsywoo123

Miss_Spud wrote: »

Hi Emsywoo. I was just reading this thread and our company inbox read 1 message. We have just received a similar e-mail from American Airlines but apparantely we are invited 8th December and our flight is cheaper than yours!...Just pressed the delete button.

Yours was only cheaper as they only gave you 3 days notice :rotfl: :rotfl:

victory

Delete, delete, delete:D

emsywoo123

victory wrote: »

Delete, delete, delete:D

Fine but if I have missed a free flight to JFK you lot are in a whole world of trouble :rotfl:

Lara44

Here's an embedded link to the page AA is referring to above.

skylight

I got that too - but it doesn't tell me which Airport I was leaving from.

And I am getting into JFK a week earlier than you, and my ticket was cheaper than yours!!!!!