New year is coming. You must be planning to go out with family or friends. Now if you go on a trip, you will have to book a hotel also. But, wait! Have you also received any New Year greeting message in which cheap hotel booking has been offered? If yes, then please do investigation before clicking on any such link. Otherwise you may get into trouble and your bank account may become empty.
With the beginning of the new year, cyber thugs have also become active. Scammers have come up with a new way of cheating. Under this, New Year greeting messages are being sent to the people, in which 5 star hotel booking is being offered at cheap rates. Along with this, couples are also being lured with gifts.
Many cases are coming to light
Many such cases have come to light in cities like Noida and Delhi, in which people were cheated in the name of cheap hotel booking. Actually, scammers extort money from people by creating fake websites and when you check the booking status, you come to know that there is no booking in your name in the hotel. Moreover, there are many links received through messages which can even drain your bank account. Scammers can extract all the information of your bank account through the link.
Keep these things in mind
If you are planning to go on a trip for the New Year and want to book a hotel, then it is important for you to keep many things in mind. Otherwise scammers can even empty your bank account.
- Before booking from any website, please check the Google review of that website.
- Before clicking on the link of the website, verify it also. Big hotels have their own website, check it.
- If you are booking a hotel online by extracting the number from Google, then it is necessary to verify the number. These could be scammers.
- Also check the spell link properly to check real and fake website.
- Always use a trusted platform for hotel booking.
- Always make payment only after reaching the hotel after booking it.
- Please inform the police about fake website or suspicious activity.
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