Read this news before booking online hotel, otherwise you may not get that hotel.

Amit Mishra, Naiduniya, Gwalior (Hotel Booking Scams). In the name of online hotel booking, there is a large scale forgery. Vicious thugs are making tourists hunting by making the website of hotel booking companies a pawn.

The room booking is done in the hotel by uploading fake photos, but when the tourists reach here, neither the hotel nor the room is found. This kind of fraud has taken place in Goa and Uttarakhand.

500 tourists cheated in Goa

About 500 tourists from across the country were cheated in Goa in the name of hotel booking. The Gwalior thug was arrested by the Goa police in this case. Experts say that thugs are taking advantage of the loophole of the booking website.

Here only Khanapurti is in the name of registration, in such a situation, any person registers on the website by putting a photo of any property. Due to weak verification, common people are falling prey to cheating.

Know … how is the fraud

• On different websites of hotel booking, thugs upload photos of luxury property and register. Especially registration for a city where the number of tourists is more.
• There are photos in it, which are liked only when you look at first sight. Tourists get attracted and booked after seeing this photo. These people take advance at the time of booking. Whereas in reality there is no hotel there.
• When people reach the spot, they find out the reality. Many people do not complain because they suddenly get upset to make arrangements for stay in another city. Thugs are taking advantage of this problem.
• People are unknown about another city, many times the police do not hear. After the FIR, people do not want to get entangled in the hassle of traffic for frequent legal action, so they do not complain.

This remedy to escape

Do not pay advance

This type of fraud is done only by advance payment. So do not pay advance.

Choose the option of book now pay letter

To avoid this type of fraud, the option of book now pay letter is most suitable. In this, booking is done first and the payment has to be done after reaching the property. Now Book Now Pay Spot option is also coming.

See hotel review

In the online booking, you must see the review and rating of the property that is being booked. Rating is found on the basis of performance, if someone else is cheated, people will write in review. Never booking when the rating is reduced.

Information on the internet

Try booking in branded hotel chain itself. Even if there is a local brand in that area, its complete information is available on the Internet.

Do this first when you are cheated

• If you get caught in the trap of such thugs, then to freeze the account in which the money has been sent in 1930. Account can also be freeze with the help of the concerned police station.
• Use credit cards at the time of online booking. The money will be transferred from the account 24 hours before reaching the hotel. If such a fraud is caught, it will be easy to freeze the amount in the account.

Need to be careful while booking

In the name of hotel booking, an accused who had committed a fraud was caught and handed over to the Goa Police. The trend of such fraud has increased. People need to be very careful at the time of booking. – Dharamvir Singh, SSP, Gwalior.