Sending Payment Details Over Email

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 10:46

Im booking some accomodation for my South Africa trip. Now, the company I am booking through, Siyabona Africa, are the agents for Kruger National Park, i.e. you book all the restcamps etc through them.

They have sent me a form to fill out to fax or email back to them. Theyve asked for:

Name
CC Number
Type of Card
3 digit number on the back of the CC
Expiry Date
ID/Passport Number
Tel No
Email
Name of Cardholders Bank
DOB
Postal Address

Ive got serious reservations about sending this info over unsecured email. What do you all reckon? Safe or not? Cheers

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 10:52

Guy said:
I don't think thats very safe tbh, do they not have a website with a SSL page to input this info?

No, you send them a provisional reservation, then they email you back to confirm your reservation, with all the forms to fill out.

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 10:54

Guy said:
Print out send via post, i guess thats just as bad if it gets lost. Recorded delivery??

Got to submit it by tomorrow because accomodation there is hard to get so close to going.

What about faxing?

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 11:11

I think they need the passport details to process some passes, for us to present them to the restcamps and gate entries to prove that we have booked accomodation inside Kruger national park.

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 11:16

What are the risks of faxing the document over to them?

panthro · 8 Nov 2007 at 13:56

Ok, I can only fax or email because thats their method of processing payment. They need the form because it has my signature on it.
If I dont send this I dont get my accommodation, simple as that. I will send it by fax as it seems more secure.
If you google this company they seem pretty big.