Scammers impersonate major UK airlines on social media, targeting personal info for fraud.

Scammers are using fake social media accounts to impersonate major UK airlines, including British Airways, easyJet, Jet2, Ryanair, Tui, Virgin Atlantic, and Wizz Air, according to consumer group Which?. These scammers respond to messages sent to official accounts, asking for enough personal information to commit identity fraud. The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is under fire for not reacting to the threat quickly enough.