Thaipan Incident

[Pompal 09.]

I dunno I always keep my room key, even try to avoid receptions that want it back..

All part of my control freak megalomania tho.. I always assume I am the person best to handle everything.

 

[sandyblondegirl]

same same me...then there is only one person left to blame

I usually take a wallet...sans important cards and excess cash etc which are left in the safe...with the room key card in it.....and have it jammed in my front pocket...never had a problem with this

 

[Pompal 09.]

A couple years back was at the full moon party with a mate and he got himself a little TG and they went into the bushes to have a little fun, my mate said whilst he was goin for it this bird undid his zipper in his shorts which were arund his ankles and took out the baht and closed his wallet and zipped his shorts back up... Once he was done and by the time he pulled his pants back up the girl was already gone into the crowd...

Funny stry but again just goes to show how easy it can happen...

 

[EzLover23]

I suspect he could withdraw cash from the a/c unit in his room...






My money is clean I tells ya...

 

[Lea~ is a "Mean Girl"~]

Better be, or soon yous be 'Sleepin wit da fishes'....

.... unless yer pet Gerber is atin em all dat is.....

 

[Pompal 09.]

As strange as it might sound, but when I go out on a tour, my wife always takes care of everything and just closes the check bins behind me where ever we go.

It's good, because she always knows when to stop, where I many times go over limits ... she's my guardian angel so to speak :ange:

Conversations could go like this next morning:

Waking up, trying hard to remember how we got home.
Good morning baby, when did we come home
6am ...
Do we have any money left from yesterday?
No ...
Good, did I behave?
... we're on holiday
Do you still love me?
Yes, baby ;-)

 

[|Gordon| |Freeman|]

I think your spell checker is broken

 

[veelalynne]

"Not you again... careful!" :neutral:




I agree... too easy for opportunist crims to walk into a hotel and ask for "Room No *** key please"

Very rarely do reception ask for ID when you ask for your key...

 

[Jalaal]

Just recently where i stayed for 4 weeks the staff were able to hand me my key back without me telling them which room!

Don`t know whether thats good or bad but i`m sure they wouldn`t hand it to anyone but me.

But also they would know when i`m gone or in,so the staff are always the ones to worry about re theft IMO.

I haven`t had a problem so far from leaving keys at reception,but it would only take the once and i`d stop doing it.

 

[Michael N]

Think he's mimicking my accent... 555

 

[Ashleigh]

No Dean but wondered why I was blacklisted at the library when I got back 55555555. Is not a good idea kiddies to use credit cards or debit cards to work the A/C and lights in hotels. Anything else of no value works OK. Here ends my disclaimer, 55555

 

[BlueBelle]

JFYI, sent to me by a colleague.......

Ever even thought about hotel door key cards containing anything other than an access code for the room!

Ever wonder what is actually on your magnetic key card?

Answer:
a. Customer's name
B. Customer's partial home address
c. Hotel room number
d. Check-in date and out dates
e. Customer's credit card number and expiration date!

When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner.. An employee can take a hand full of cards home and using a scanning device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense.

Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee reissues the card to the next hotel guest. At that time, the new guest's information is electronically 'overwritten' on the card and the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.

But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT!

The bottom line is: Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them. NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and NEVER turn them into the front desk when you check out of a room. They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader.

For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket. Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic information strip!

If you have a small magnet, pass it across the magnetic strip several times. Then try it in the door, it will not work. It erases everything on the card.

Information courtesy of: Metropolitan Police Service.

 

[stevepitt2]

Or... discretely scratch the magnetic strip when you give it back to them...

 

[Jitter]

Sounds like a hoax to me.

Re-encoding magnetic cards is not exactly something that is done regularly. I'm certain the equipment isn't that expensive but it's not that common (lack of demand)

For the most part the key will contain a "key" or an encrypted code that will activate whatever device has a similar "key".

Most hotels don't use magnetic cards any more, they use RFID cards. These work on the same principal (encrypted key) for the most part.

I'd like to address a few things that made this stand out as a hoax email to me.



Doesn't work. You need to use a very powerful (uncommon) magnet (Neodymium magnet or a powerful electromagnet). The magnetic field of a magnet that is carried by the average person is less powerful then other magnetic fields the card is exposed to daily.



Police services never send out "public service" emails due to the amount of scams claiming to be from police/federal investigation organisations as this would end up giving the scams a ledge of legitimacy which means more people will fall from them.

This email is actually a pretty good example of a hoax email, being a sysadmin I see these a lot. But the hallmarks are still there, use of capitalisation to draw attention to "scary" statements, the prospect of impending doom (or damage), a few punctuation errors and Incorrect information (hotels can and will charge you if you fail to turn over the key).

 

[sandybars]

Hotel Key Card Security Risk Hoax

 

[nersespurses]

Now I'm confused, do I check in and keep my key or give it back...........................twattlers, I was happy in my own ignorance, never given this a thought before, now I'm gonna be scared of receptionists!!!!5555

 

[Gary D]

Pay cash...now whatever info they have you can live with...
No exchange rate costs or fees...

 

[Risika]

Why would an reception employee scan unused key cards when they simply can use the computer to access guest info?

I do however dont like when hotels write down the CVC code on the back of your card. So I prefer to pay cash.

 

[Susan]

Oh, another note. Some old hotel keys used magnetic to activate electric for the room. I kept the key in my pocket with two of my cards... When time to pay the hotel bill both my cards didnt work anymore. But Bangkok Bank helped me, they used a manual credit card thingy, that do a carbon copy and you have to sign the slip.

 

[Steveman3014]

Get pants (Cargo pants) made with a coin pocket like suit trousers have.
Get them to make it big enough to hold your passport for when traveling and cash when cruising.
Any chick that can get her hand into a "fob" pocket without you knowing it is damn clever.
Or on cargo pants, have them sew in a zip under the flap of one of the pockets. The flap should close with a big hunk of Velcro so it makes a hell of a noise when undone.

Kenny