The holiday criminals are starting early this holiday season. I work at a hotel and already we are being warned to look out for people paying with counterfit. There is something about the holiday hussle and bussle of the busy season that bad guys find ways to rip off retail and companies, people in general. So beware, and hold onto the strap of your purse and check your pockets often for pick pocketers...
I was working on Friday night, and a lady paid with a $500 travelors check. It stood out as a red light just for being a high dollar amount, then it looked a little fake. I showed it to my superviser then she showed it to the bellman, we all were not too sure about the quality if it was real or not...so I took it as payment but did not give her change for the difference in total. I told her she would have to collect her change at check out. A second bad guy checks in the following day trying to pay with another $500 travelors check... SIRONS AND RED LIGHTS are flashing and going off in my head. DO NOT take this... it is FAKE!!! It looked even worse than the other conterfit travelors check. This was too couinsedental for it to be a legit travelors check. Security caught up with the bad guys, called the police and they were arrested!
Bad guys never win. So don't even try. Bad charma will follow you and you will eventually get caught. Let's keep the holidays cheerful and out of trouble.
This will probably worsen over time as we get closer to the holiday rush. For those who work in retail, hospitality, or even restaraunts keep an extra eye out for those bad guys. They will try to pay using counterfit bills and travelors checks.
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