<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>339598</docID> <postdate>2025-03-04 10:58:49</postdate> <headline>Email scam targets Canberra frequent flyers</headline> <body><p><span class="kicker-line">By aviation writer <strong>Scott Mayman</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Canberra-based frequent flyers with Qantas are being heavily targeted by email scams.</strong></p> <p>Over the past fortnight, offers purporting to be from Qantas have flooded the inboxes of frequent flyers.</p> <p>From a gift card reward to being selected for a complimentary voucher, it's all just a scam aimed at getting recipients to click on a link and hand over personal details.</p> <p>I have been targeted five times in two weeks.</p> <p>The Qantas website acknowledges the frequency of such scams, admitting the messages look legitimate and urging frequent flyers to remain vigilant.</p> <p>It's not known if the scam emails are related to an incident in October in which two Qantas contractors in India accessed customer profiles.</p> <p>The pair was suspended in a major cyber fraud case.</p> <p><em>Here is Qantas' <a href="https://www.qantas.com/au/en/support/contact-us/scam-assistance.html">advice and warning on scams</a>.</em></p> </body>