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for your money this morning we're back
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with some more scams to watch out for on
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your next vacation it seems that
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scammers like to go after potential
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victims staying in hotels and that's
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exactly what these do cbs4's Zach Meers
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is here with two vacation scams you
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should know about why are these scammers
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trying to ruin our vacations well
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because they know we're distracted right
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you're on vacation you're just thinking
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of having fun you're not thinking about
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this stuff and of course when you're in
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your hotel you got to eat right too so
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these scammers know that so one scam
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that's been working for years involves
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the bad guys walking through hotels
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slipping Flyers under the doors for a
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nearby pizza place or a fake room
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service menu so why would you question
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that right when you call the number
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they'll take your order and your credit
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card information but there's no pizza
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place or room service just a crook on
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the other end of the line who's going to
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take your credit card info and use it as
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fast as they can before you realize Hey
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where's my pizza anyway the experts at
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scam asde say A good rule to follow is
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never trust a flyer under the door at
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the hotel you can also Google the name
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of the pizza place and see if it's real
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and if the phone number matches as for
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room service well you should be able to
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call them with the button on your room
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phone not a flyer slid under your door
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here's another one you don't want to
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sleep on literally say it's 3:00 a.m.
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you're in a deep sleep in your hotel and
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the front desk calls your room phone
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they say we're sorry we've had a problem
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with your room payment and and we need
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to run your card again well would you
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grab your wallet half asleep and read
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them the card information or snap out of
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your days and realize it's a scammer
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calling your room from outside the
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building this one is called the fake
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front desk scam and it's just another
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way for Crooks to trick you into reading
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your credit card information over the
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phone they're hoping to catch you half
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asleep with this one in the middle of
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the night according to the Watch Dogs at
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Trend Micro the best way to handle that
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call is to hang up and call the front
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desk back directly there's a good bet
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they won't know what you're talking
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about or you can just say I'll come down
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to the front desk at a reasonable hour
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in the morning and handle it in person
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I've got more on these and other
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vacation scams to watch out for attached
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at cbs4indy.com for your money I'm Zach
