Credit card thieves have found a new way to prey on unsuspecting victims, calling them in the middle of the night in their hotel rooms.
The Better Business Bureau says the caller pretends to be a hotel employee, and says the hotel's computer system has crashed, and they need your credit card number again.
The caller sometimes offers a discount on the room price for the inconvenience of waking you from your slumber.
The BBB says it's not sure if the calls are coming from another guest in the hotel, or from someone outside the hotel who has access to the phone numbers of each room.
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