Skip to main content
See every side of every news story
Published loading...Updated

A United Airlines Passenger Swindled $17,000 After a Call Transfer Error

Summary by aufeminin.com
A U.S. traveller claims to have been the victim of a $17,000 scam as a result of an erroneous call transfer from United Airlines' customer service. Dan Smoker, a Denver resident, was simply trying to reprogram a cancelled flight when he was put in contact with an official agent. Thinking of fixing his problem, he paid through a fraudulent link, believing that he would get a refund. The story, relayed by ABC News and local channel 9News, highligh…
DisclaimerThis story is only covered by news sources that have yet to be evaluated by the independent media monitoring agencies we use to assess the quality and reliability of news outlets on our platform. Learn more here.

1 Articles

A U.S. traveller claims to have been the victim of a $17,000 scam as a result of an erroneous call transfer from United Airlines' customer service. Dan Smoker, a Denver resident, was simply trying to reprogram a cancelled flight when he was put in contact with an official agent. Thinking of fixing his problem, he paid through a fraudulent link, believing that he would get a refund. The story, relayed by ABC News and local channel 9News, highligh…

Think freely.Subscribe and get full access to Ground NewsSubscriptions start at $9.99/yearSubscribe

Bias Distribution

  • There is no tracked Bias information for the sources covering this story.

Factuality 

To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium

Ownership

To view ownership data please Upgrade to Vantage

aufeminin.com broke the news in on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
Sources are mostly out of (0)
News
For You
Search
BlindspotLocal