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Booking a holiday online can be risky, warns a Cape Town beachfront property owner. Scammers are cloning venue websites, hijacking host accounts, and stealing luxury property images to lure unsuspecting travellers on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. These fake listings, often offering West Coast and Atlantic Seaboard stays at unrealistically low prices, are leaving potential holidaymakers in a bind. Naomi Marx, who owns beachfront holiday accommodation on the West Coast in Cape Town warns that if you're not booking with a sharp fraud radar, you're likely to become the next victim. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Naomi Marx
By SAfmBooking a holiday online can be risky, warns a Cape Town beachfront property owner. Scammers are cloning venue websites, hijacking host accounts, and stealing luxury property images to lure unsuspecting travellers on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. These fake listings, often offering West Coast and Atlantic Seaboard stays at unrealistically low prices, are leaving potential holidaymakers in a bind. Naomi Marx, who owns beachfront holiday accommodation on the West Coast in Cape Town warns that if you're not booking with a sharp fraud radar, you're likely to become the next victim. Bongiwe Zwane spoke to Naomi Marx

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