I caught a hotel employee scamming a guest with credit card fraud, so I reversed scam

him and get him fired.

Here's what happened.

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I worked a night shift as a receptionist at a hotel in Norway, and most nights are spent

watching Netflix and playing games.

Last summer was really slow, and I also worked a lot extra, so I ran out of stuff to watch

and games to play.

One night I got a mail from Scooter.

He wanted to book a room for almost 20 days.

I just had to send him the price and confirmation that we had rooms available, and he would send

me his credit card info for me to pre-charge.

Normally we'd just delete these kinds of mail, but I was bored out of my mind, so I respond

with an offer of around 2k for the entire stay.

I also made sure to inform him that he could cancel for free up until the day of arrival.

This is probably the most common fraud attempt in the hotel and travel industry.

Some like most businesses were able to charge credit and debit cards with only the card

number and expiration date.

No need for a pin code, CVC, or other authorization methods.

Our software also allows us to deposit money directly to local and international bank accounts

by using the card number.

Because of this, Jerk's like Scooter will try to pre-pay with stolen or skimmed cards,

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