Baytown woman has warning after she was almost scammed by fake plane ticket website; How to tell if a site is fraudulent [Video]

BAYTOWN, Texas (KTRK) — With peak summer travel season right around the corner, for many people, traveling on a budget is the way to go.

However, the Better Business Bureau wants you to watch out for deceptive third-party flight websites that fabricate flight cancelations to scam you out of more money. One Baytown woman was almost out hundreds of dollars as she prepared to travel for her bachelorette party.

Tiffany Sylvester and seven of her friends were headed to Nashville to celebrate her upcoming nuptials and she knew the plane tickets were not going to be cheap.

“I really wanted to book them for Southwest, but we were just trying to look for the best deal,” Sylvester said.

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She clicked on …