Be careful when booking cheap hotel rooms during the holidays

(PLVN) - Taking advantage of people's increased demand for travel, especially during the April 30 - May 1 holidays and the upcoming summer vacation, criminals have increased their fraudulent activities to appropriate property.

According to Hanoi Police, in the upcoming summer vacation, booking travel rooms online is a trend chosen by many families. With just a few searches, customers will quickly have a series of hotel locations, images and prices of related services on social networks. Grasping that need, scammers have created fake Facebook pages or hotel websites to trick victims into transferring deposits.

When tourists contact, the subjects will contact via Messenger or Zalo messaging application to introduce the accompanying services that tourists are interested in. The subjects will offer prices that are too cheap (30-50% cheaper than the general market price), making tourists mistakenly think that the subject is the owner or employee of the hotel, villa, homestay, etc.

To increase tourists' trust, the subjects also took pictures, recorded videos , and even livestreamed the resort for guests to see. When agreeing on the room rental price, the subjects asked for a deposit of 30-50% of the room rental price to appropriate the victims' money.

To avoid fraud, Hanoi City Police recommends that people carefully research information when choosing online accommodation booking services. They should choose travel agencies with full legal status or reputable hotel and room booking sites.

In particular, do not transact with individuals whose identity and address are unclear; carefully check hotel information, get the hotel's phone number to call for verification before transferring a deposit. Be wary of pages advertising unusual hotel room discounts during the holidays, especially those offering to buy travel packages at prices cheaper than the general market price.

Bui Lan

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