One of the phenomena discussed at Ben Gurion Airport in the period before the war and during the Corona period is the phenomenon of lost luggage. Many passengers did not receive their baggage, did not arrive to collect it or lost it, leaving many suitcases without owners.
An example of one of the fake sales attempts, screenshot: screenshot
Now, there is a new sting method that makes quite a few Israelis tempted to click on the link. A Facebook post offers to purchase the contents of lost luggage at extremely low prices. Some of the posts said that a lost suitcase is sold for ten and a half shekels and may contain laptops, cell phones and more.
Sources in the Airports Authority clarify that there is a clear law in the State of Israel, a very orderly process of transferring donations after a period of several months during which the suitcase is defined as not belonging to anyone. The contents of the suitcases are not sold to anyone, and certainly not at auctions on social media.
"These are most likely phishing attempts," screenshot
Users who encountered the scam reported to Israel Hayom that they were careful not to click on the link, and in conversations with cyber experts, they explain that this is probably a dangerous phishing method. Some ads say suitcases must be sold urgently as part of a charity event. The names of some of the pages that have reached us are: "Ben Gurion" in English, "Lost Cargo" in Hebrew and "Ben Gurion unclaimed baggage" in English.
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