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I went online to book a flight (I rarely fly, 5 time in my 60 years). Several websites pop up so I booked with Tarifasodeal.com for 349.99. After booking, I realized this was not correct so I called the number. In the mean time I had several missed calls about my reservations. I told a foreign guy, very hard to understand named “Sheldon” my flight was wrong. He said oh I can fix it for you abundantly you can’t take anything on this plane no purse, luggage, nothing. I argued with him. He argued back and told me I will lose all my money it is none refundable. He said the new price is now 749.98. I was in a panic and he just kept yelling at pressuring me and telling me I was going to lose my money. Heck I figured I would learn a good lesson it would cost my a 749.98 plane ticket. Then next morning I did some research and found these folks were scammers with a “bait and switch” scheme. I go to my credit card, it has not one but 2 different charges. One to American Airlines for 577.75 and one to a “third party” for 172.23. I then call American Airlines and told them what happened and was checking to see if I even had tickets. The nice lady said, “yes they went online a book a ticket like it was you”. Yes you were scammed, travel agencies don’t do that. She said I didn’t even have a seat # assigned which means I technically, didn’t have a flight. Thank God she fixed it. She also told me that after booking, there was a grace period of cancellation, so they were lying to me to get me to pay. She told me to call Mr credit card company and report the fraud. I immediately called my credit card company and reported the fraud. They assured my they would investigate. They credited me and opened an investigation, I then beginning receiving calls from all kinds of different numbers from Florida to Georgia all threatening saying we had an agreement and they were going to cancel my flight. I called American Airlines back and report to them and they blocked anyone from canceling my flight reservations. These folks have sent me emails claiming they sent prior to booking which is a lie. I was told the 749.98 was the cost of the flight. Not that it was 2 different charges.