First it was the mail scam, then the Internet scam, and the phone scam; now it seems that scammers are targeting you while you’re away from home too. According to a report in an Albuquerque newspaper, guests at some hotels in New Mexico and California have reported getting in-room phone calls from a man who claims he is the hotel manager and that the guest’s credit card number needs to be verified. The paper interviewed a hotel guest who said he gave his credit card information over the phone to the alleged “hotel manager,” but got suspicious after he hung … Continue reading →