给喜欢自己在网上订旅馆的同胞提个醒

Marlin · 发表于 2010-9-14 08:15

能自己在网上找旅馆的，英语肯定不错，所以我就不用翻译了。呵呵

实在看到便宜的，但是不熟悉的，建议亲眼目睹之后再付款。

08 SEP 2010: A luxury residential building in Manhattan conveniently located just off Times Square has been the ongoing target of an internet fraud this summer.  Foreign tourists buy holiday accommodation on the web and arrive at their apartment rental to find they’ve been scammed.

The building in which they they supposedly booked their apartments - the Camelot - is there, but the contracts held by the eager tourists are worthless.

So far this summer, the Camelot has had to turn away up to 50 would-be clients with fake contracts.

Tourists continually arrive at the residential building carrying contracts, and under the impression they have paid for a two-bedroom holiday rental in a building with a pool, gym and other amenities.  The superintendant, or the doormen, are forced to break the heartbreaking news.

The Internet con artists pose as real estate companies on Craigslist and have deposits and payments wired to them.

The manager for the Camelot, told the New York Post he had received a cashier’s check from Benin, a tiny African nation, for €5,500 Euros ($7,300) sent from a London bank.  It was addressed to Ryan & Dalia Rentals which appears to be one of the names used by the non-existent real estate companies.

The manager notified the police but the owner is proving hard to locate.

The would be guests are often left with insufficient funds for additional New York accommodation, or on holiday weekends and busy periods are simply unable to secure alternate hotel rooms. Some, according to local reports, have been directed to homeless shelters.

The NYPD does not have jurisdiction over the crimes because the money transfers originate outside the city.

枫之恋 · 发表于 2010-9-14 16:44

Thanks

rainbowfish · 发表于 2010-9-14 21:04

謝謝樓主分享。

zdhseadon · 发表于 2010-9-15 21:54

谢谢楼主提供的警示

酷酷的小艾 · 发表于 2010-9-20 20:20

我一般去穷游网看人家的游记，然后选择人家推荐过的。

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