The person called the guest, claimed to be working the front desk of the hotel,
then convinced the guest to release their credit card information, police said. Later, the guest became suspicious and called the front desk and realized they had been scammed.
A scam artist claiming to be a hotel employee in downtown Denver tricked a guest into giving out their credit card number and security pin.
The same scam was attempted on four other guests on the same night, according to the Denver Police Department. Investigators did not say which hotel the scammer targeted.
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And for more information on how to best handle hotel hoaxes and scams, check out Petra’s own Director of Risk Management, Todd Seiders, in this P3 Risk Management Update “Hoaxes and Scams”.
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