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... "Fraudsters are actually posing as hotel front desk staff," Bank5's Scott Correia said. "They're calling guests in their rooms at all hours and asking them for their credit card information under the guise of the hotel system being down."

"Some of them are even offering discounts on hotel rooms in order to entice the guest into giving them their credit card information," he continued. Correia estimates that victims have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars as a result of this scam. He stressed that most hotels keep their guests' credit cards on file in case there is a systemwide issue.

Hotel room phones are also primarily set up so guests' family and friends can contact them directly from outside the building, according to Correia.

"Hotel employees will rarely call your room," Correia said. "The biggest thing to remember is that any financial transaction that takes place at a hotel should always take place face-to-face."...