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October 30, 2003
Credit card dangers
Supposedly this went around "a large Valley company" (from SAP Ventures). Sounds to me like yet another theft issue not worth worrying about. But I won't be turning in the keys next time I'm at a hotel.
Although room keys differ from hotel to hotel, a key obtained from the "Double Tree" chain that was being used for a regional Identity Theft Presentation was found to contain the following the information:
a.. Customers (your) name
b.. Customers (your) partial home address
c.. Hotel room number
d.. Check in date and check out date
e.. Customers (your) credit card number and expiration date!
When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information isthere for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner.
The bottom line is, keep the cards or destroy them! NEVER leave them behind and NEVER turn them in to the front desk when you check out of a room. They will not charge you for the card. (Information courtesy of: Sergeant K. Jorge, Detective Sergeant, Pasadena Police Department)
Posted by sam at 04:17 PM | Comments (0)