Credit Card Embezzlement
I was in Macau, China in May of 2008, and bound to return home two weeks after my brief stay; unfortunately my return ticket was missing and probably got lost. So, the only alternative I have is to purchase a new ticket for my return. I not only need a new ticket but must find one that is cheaper. I then found out ways and some information I gathered are the following:
If I need cheaper ticket then I can purchase it only for 500 MOP ( $65), the regular price for one way ticket that time, Macau to Manila was 1,000 MOP to 1,200MOP ($130 or more).
The offer was too good and I did not have any second thoughts in turning it down.
I was on my way back home (to the Philippines) on May 19, when a Filipina on the same flight was held at the airline counter and was asked where she bought the ticket. Unfortunately, the ticket that was bought is what the immigration officers refer to as “hacked tickets”. I learned that electronic tickets (E-Ticket) are purchased by illegal agents in Macau using other card holder's credit cards. They hack pin numbers and card holder account numbers. Therefore, they call these E-tickets as Hacked Tickets. I myself was surprised not knowing that the ticket I just bought was a hacked ticket. If I have known that, I would never purchase the ticket in the first place. The moral of this story, not all cheap things are good, sometimes what you may think as a good bargain might bring you into trouble.
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Can someone share the same experience? My niece also was held at Manila airport, she was also held at the Malaysian Airlines for the same case of hacked ticket, unfortunately she did not fly that day to meet her fiance.
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