An Irish woman has revealed how she came within seconds of falling victim to a convincing Booking.com scam after fraudsters obtained her personal details in a data breach. Newstalk producer Dee King shared her experience after booking accommodation in Edinburgh through Booking.com earlier this year. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOWA few weeks after making the reservation, Booking.com notified customers that some personal data had been compromised in a cyber attack. A week later, she received another WhatsApp message from a different number with exactly the same wording. The scam became even more convincing when she later received what appeared to be an official email from her accommodation provider.