[NSRCA-discussion] Fw: Hotel Keys- interesting
Phil Spelt
chuenkan at comcast.net
Fri Apr 3 11:18:43 AKDT 2009
Yea, right!!! I don't believe that, and until I
see proof, I won't. I've been staying in motels
for decades, and the only credit card problem I
had was when FMA Direct had their data base hacked.
At 09:44 AM 4/3/2009, you wrote:
>
>I'm forwarding this because we stay in
>motels/hotels so often at contests. Has anybody
>heard of this, or is it another one of these
>"The sky is falling" things so prevalent on the internet?
>Bill Glaze
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>Subject: re: Hotel Keys - interesting
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>
> I didn’t know this – but I’ll never return one
> of those card keys to the front desk again.
>
>
>
>
> Good information for those that travel if you don't already know.
> Ever wonder
> what is on your magnetic key card?
>
> Answer:
>
> a. Customer's name
> b. Customer's partial home address
> c. Hotel room number
> d. Check-in date and out dates
> e. Customer's credit card number and
>expiration date!
>
> When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information
>is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel
>scanner.
> An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning
>device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at
>your expense.
>
> Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards
>until an employee
> re-issues the card to the next hotel guest. At that time, the new guest's
>information is electronically 'overwritten' on the card and the previous
>guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.
>
>
> But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually
>is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!
>
> The bottom line is:
>
> Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them.
>
> NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and
>NEVER
> turn them in to the front desk when you check out of a room. They will
>not
> charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not
>leaving a
> lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted
>off
> with any simple scanning device card reader.
>
> For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you
> still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport
>trash
> basket. Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through
>the
> electronic information strip!
>
> You can also use a small magnet and pass it across the magnetic
> strip several times. Then try it in the door, if it does not work it
>erases
> everything on the card.
>
> Information courtesy of: Pasadena Police Department
>
> PLEASE FORWARD to friends and family.
>
>
>
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