At least 10 hotels in the Riviera Maya have been victims of fraud committed in their name by “pirate” travel agencies, through various websites and social networks.
This was indicated by Offner Arjona, president of the Playa del Carmen Hotel Association, who pointed out that these cases have occurred only in the last few weeks.
In this regard, the hotel leader said that it is worrying that criminals continue to appear who operate this type of fraud with promotions on social networks that “hook people.”
He indicated that these frauds translate into large economic losses for hotels, since they are obliged to compensate the damage to the people who were scammed.
“Obviously, there was damage, there were guests who have fallen into this type of fraud and, once again, it is the company that must compensate the damage,” he added.
He regretted that crime is finding new ways to scam people and that it is targeting this sector, which, he said, “is unprotected.”
He pointed out that the exponential growth of these frauds is forcing hotels to establish teams specialized in cybercrime to stop this practice.
He said that, shortly after the pandemic, these types of scams began by offering packages, but in recent months it has increased considerably.
Source: noticaribe
