A HOTEL guest has lost thousands of dollars after two people came into his room and allegedly took all that he had.
The victim was staying at the Crown Inn in South Carolina and claimed that two women stole his money while he was asleep, according to police reports.
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The man was said to have brought $19,000 into his room, where the money was wrapped in electric tape and stored in a lockbox.
At the time of his stay, he kept his money in a bookbag that was padlocked shut.
However, on Tuesday night, he brought two women to his hotel room, where one woman left and the other stayed with the hotel guest.
The man drifted to sleep but woke up after the second woman left the hotel.
As he woke up, he realized his bookbag was nowhere to be found.
At 1:15 am, he called authorities to his hotel room, hoping they could get to the bottom of the alleged theft.
They were able to pull surveillance video from 12:50 am that showed a woman leaving his suite and getting into the car with the other woman, according to the police reports
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office for comment.
MONEY GONE
People are not only getting robbed in person but virtually as well.
A retiree lost $243,000 after an online fraudster convinced him to invest his money into a website called Cryptonex.com
The victim said they were told that this was a great way to get VIP treatment and tax avoidance help.
“The person ‘helped’ me by adding $40,000 here and $40,000 there to boost my money-making ability. The last time I added another $100,000,” they told MarketWatch.
When the individual tried to cash in on their investment, they realized something was wrong.
“I tried to pull money out and the crypto company said the government thinks that I am laundering money.
“They now say I need to pony up $150,000 — 15% of my “profit” — to pay taxes.
“The company said this would be reimbursed so I would not lose any money. “
The retiree realized they were in over their head and had to do something to stop it.
“I stopped right there and contacted the FBI and FTC.
“Now the crypto company is saying if I don’t pay the money soon my account will be frozen!
“I have not written back.”
Ana Velasquez from North Carolina also felt a similar shock after a scammer made 12 withdrawals from her Cash App account while she was asleep.
“When I woke up in the morning, I saw a notification, it said I made a payment to this, I made a payment to this and that,” Velasquez told NBC affiliate WRAL.
“My blood just drained, like, what happened?”
The scammer completely drained her account, leaving her with nothing.
Velasquez contacted Cash App to see if the company could help her, and she was shocked by the response.
In an email, she was informed that due to other ongoing investigations at the time, it could “take 60 or more days to complete” an inquiry into her account.
Top tips on avoiding scams from a bank
As scams become more sophisticated with the use of artificial intelligence, it is important you know how to spot a scam:
- Be skeptical of online deals that seem too good to be true, especially on social media.
- Scammers will often use tactics to make you panicked so you make quick decisions – be cautious if you are told to take immediate action and verify who has contacted you.
- Chase Bank warns customers to “never return any unexpected funds without calling Chase first.”
- Never send money to someone you have only spoken to online or by phone as this is likely a romance scam.
- Unless you 100% know who you are talking to, never give someone remote access to your device.
- Never accept help from strangers at an ATM and always be vigilant when making withdrawals.
- Do not send money or click any links indicating that you have won a prize.
Source: Chase.com
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