Villains are stalking social media in search of passengers frustrated at the lack of contact from their airlines.

I've been hearing from Karen Welsh, who told me: "Potentially being scammed out of a fortune is upsetting and worrying, but more than anything, if I could get there then goodness knows who else could get there as well."

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