Travel Scam Alert
BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU TRAVEL and remind your parents, grandparents,
aunts, uncles, and anyone you know who travels - especially the older
generation - as they may be likely to fall for something like this.
It seems that schemes to cheat people never stop and won't! But keeping
people informed is a key to helping prevent this from happening to your
friends and relatives, so please forward to all of yours. Can't be too
careful these days!
This so simple, and reading this, anyone could be caught. You arrive at your
hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the
front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get
to your room and settle in.
The front desk gets a call and the caller asks for (example) Room 620
(which happens to be your room). Your phone rings in your room. You answer,
and the person on the other end says, "This is the front desk . When
checking in, we came cross a problem with your charge card information.
Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the
3-digit number on the reverse side of your charge card.
Not thinking anything strange about the request,** **you might give this
person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk.
But actually, it is a scam by someone calling from outside the hotel/front
desk. They've asked to be connected to a random room number. If you answer
your room phone, they ask for your credit card information and address
information, sounding so professional that you do think you are talking to
the front desk.
If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that
you will go to the front desk to clear up any problems. Then, go to the
front desk and ask if there was a problem with your credit card. If there
was none, inform the hotel manager that someone acting like a front desk
employee called to scam you for your credit card information.
This was sent to me by some one who has been duped and is still clearing up
the mess.
P.S. Please everyone, help spread the word by forwarding his e-mail to
everyone you know. Who knows, you might just save someone from being
victimized.
aunts, uncles, and anyone you know who travels - especially the older
generation - as they may be likely to fall for something like this.
It seems that schemes to cheat people never stop and won't! But keeping
people informed is a key to helping prevent this from happening to your
friends and relatives, so please forward to all of yours. Can't be too
careful these days!
This so simple, and reading this, anyone could be caught. You arrive at your
hotel and check in at the front desk. When checking in, you give the
front desk your credit card (for all the charges for your room). You get
to your room and settle in.
The front desk gets a call and the caller asks for (example) Room 620
(which happens to be your room). Your phone rings in your room. You answer,
and the person on the other end says, "This is the front desk . When
checking in, we came cross a problem with your charge card information.
Please re-read me your credit card number and verify the
3-digit number on the reverse side of your charge card.
Not thinking anything strange about the request,** **you might give this
person your information, since the call seems to come from the front desk.
But actually, it is a scam by someone calling from outside the hotel/front
desk. They've asked to be connected to a random room number. If you answer
your room phone, they ask for your credit card information and address
information, sounding so professional that you do think you are talking to
the front desk.
If you ever encounter this problem on your vacation, tell the caller that
you will go to the front desk to clear up any problems. Then, go to the
front desk and ask if there was a problem with your credit card. If there
was none, inform the hotel manager that someone acting like a front desk
employee called to scam you for your credit card information.
This was sent to me by some one who has been duped and is still clearing up
the mess.
P.S. Please everyone, help spread the word by forwarding his e-mail to
everyone you know. Who knows, you might just save someone from being
victimized.