CREDIT CARD DEBIT CARD BECAREFUL!

[darkmancomes 75]

jUST RECIVED THIS INFORMATION TODAY AND IT CERTAINLY LEFT ME THINKING ! ITS FROM A LEGAL SOURCE AND WELL WORTH PASSING ON TO YOU ALL.

 

 

This is pretty good info. Never even thought about key cards containing

anything other than an access code for the room! ??

 

HOTEL KEY CARDS

 

Ever wonder what is 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.

[LBJ 533]

And now for the truth.

 

Snopes

[baht_miser 9]

And now for the truth.

 

Snopes

Thanks for setting things straight. There are enough things to worry about as it is.

[Sailfast 503]

And now for the truth.

 

Snopes

I Snopes.

 

Why do people post shit without even bothering to make a half assed attempt to find out the truth?

 

What the hell is a "legal source"?

[Eneukman 1]

And now for the truth.

 

Snopes

 

And an alien abducted me last night and gave me the power to shag non stop for 10 hours at a time.

 

Alan

[agogogaran 0]

jUST RECIVED THIS INFORMATION TODAY AND IT CERTAINLY LEFT ME THINKING ! ITS FROM A LEGAL SOURCE AND WELL WORTH PASSING ON TO YOU ALL.

 

 

This is pretty good info. Never even thought about key cards containing

anything other than an access code for the room! ??

 

HOTEL KEY CARDS

 

Ever wonder what is 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.

 

 

BELL END

[glynbuk 29]

BELL END

 

Very nice words, thanks for sharing

 

However, the OP may have been passing on what he felt was useful information,

and it is not for us to be rude, just point out people feel he is wrong and leave it at

that.

[joekicker 53]

The last time I was in a hotel, I was going to destroy the card but I couldn't lift my arms out of the ice water I was in to protect me from the kidney removal.

[agogogaran 0]

The last time I was in a hotel, I was going to destroy the card but I couldn't lift my arms out of the ice water I was in to protect me from the kidney removal.

haha

[jacko 8,815]

Very nice words, thanks for sharing

 

However, the OP may have been passing on what he felt was useful information,

and it is not for us to be rude, just point out people feel he is wrong and leave it at

that.

I seem to recall this tale about hotel keycards holding your CC details years ago.

Glad to hear it's a myth.

There is a certain hotel promoted on this site that write the CC details on your check-in card though!

And many take a slider copy in advance..........

 

I think some sarcastic sods are being hard on a BM who had good intentions if poor research.

[katrinav 0]

this is an interesting topic. thanks for sharing

 

simulation rachat de credit

[darkmancomes 75]

Have been away for a day or two and yes I recieved in my mail today the truth. however did it cost any of you that are complaining any money? I WAS MERELY DOING WHAT i THOUGHT WAS RIGHT AND PASSING ON THE INFORMATION I BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT TO HELP ANYONE. The mail was sent to me in good faith and I passed it on.

[joekicker 53]

Have been away for a day or two and yes I recieved in my mail today the truth. however did it cost any of you that are complaining any money? I WAS MERELY DOING WHAT i THOUGHT WAS RIGHT AND PASSING ON THE INFORMATION I BELIEVED TO BE CORRECT TO HELP ANYONE. The mail was sent to me in good faith and I passed it on.

 

Not that I can speak for others, but I think you meant to say you screwed up because you believed some totally bizarre story simply because it was on the Internet, and sorry to the BM for the misleading post.

 

Yes, actually it DOES do harm to pass on silly shix. There's a lot of stuff to worry about in this complicated world. We don't need more, such as worrying when we go to a hotel that they're going to put our credit card number on our room key and then remove our kidneys unless we send the credit card details to Craig Shergold.

 

Everybody upscrews, I'm first in line, before you. But I also try to be an early arriver in the other line that tells everyone I upphuocked. If you don't want to check out ridiculous sounding stories, at LEAST don't try to defend them after others do you an actual favour about it.

[darkmancomes 75]

Not that I can speak for others, but I think you meant to say you screwed up because you believed some totally bizarre story simply because it was on the Internet, and sorry to the BM for the misleading post.

 

Yes, actually it DOES do harm to pass on silly shix. There's a lot of stuff to worry about in this complicated world. We don't need more, such as worrying when we go to a hotel that they're going to put our credit card number on our room key and then remove our kidneys unless we send the credit card details to Craig Shergold.

 

Everybody upscrews, I'm first in line, before you. But I also try to be an early arriver in the other line that tells everyone I upphuocked. If you don't want to check out ridiculous sounding stories, at LEAST don't try to defend them after others do you an actual favour about it.

Whatever you probably know best as you seem to have the most time to spare to check out these things! I will just carry on with life trying my best!