BSCC- Fw: HOTEL ROOM KEYS.......

[David McMillan]

http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/hotelkey.asp

Looks like an urban myth...although not a bad idea to keep the room card anyway.

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From: "MAL DALY" <mdaly at arrow.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: HOTEL ROOM KEYS.......



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Subject: HOTEL ROOM KEYS.......







HOTEL ROOM KEYS.......



Very interesting! 

THIS IS SOME GOOD INFORMATION IF YOU TRAVEL...

  

Here's something to think about.... 

Ever wonder what is on your hotel room 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 into 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 re-issues 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! (Information courtesy of Pasadena

Police Department) 

`

You can also carry along a small magnet and pass it acrossthe magnetic

strip several times, then try it in the door. It will not work. It

erases everything on the card. 

MAIL this to friends and family. 





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