2. Fake Food Delivery
It could seem like a fortuitous discovery to come upon a random delivery menu or leaflet in the hotel, but it might just as well be a fraud. Verify the authenticity of the menus that were left in the hotel room.
After a day of travel or adventure, eating in may seem like a tempting alternative, but you run the risk of getting food from a place that doesn’t even exist. Fake menus with phone numbers that lead callers to the scammers rather than the hotel or a legitimate company are often distributed to rooms by con artists. Over the phone, they will obtain the caller’s payment card information, but they will never deliver meals.
Do some research before opting to get takeout. Ask the front desk personnel at your hotel for recommendations for supper beforehand. They are aware of what is around and where previous visitors have found success.
Doing a fast Google search is certainly beneficial if you want to place an order from a flyer. There is a good possibility that the restaurant is real if it can be found on Google Street View or review websites like Yelp.
3. Late Night Front Desk Calls
It’s possible for someone pretending to be the front desk to telephone hotel guests in the middle of the night.
The caller requests credit card information and claims that there is a problem with the credit card on file. They may claim that the payment was declined, that they need to re-verify payment information, or that they have lost all of the financial information and must conduct an audit by a certain date.
In order to save you any bother, the con artist will offer to obtain your credit card information over the phone. A legitimate hotel employee, on the other hand, will always request payment for any charges at the front desk and will never call you at strange hours of the night asking for your credit card information.
Make all payments in person. Always report any calls of this sort to the hotel administration.
