New Delhi: Google pages of many inns in Darjeeling have reportedly been hacked by scammers with the intention to dupe travellers and different folks in the course of the lodge reserving course of. Scammers have put images that includes their cell numbers within the picture part of the inns’ Google pages.
According to a report by The Telegraph, Google pages of premier properties in Darjeeling, together with Windamere, May Fair, New Elgin, Ramada, and Muscatel, have been compromised.
Talking to The Telegraph, Navin Thapa, the managing director of Muscatel Group of Hotels, mentioned his workers had tried to method the hackers posing as potential prospects. “The hackers sent our team an HDFC bank account bearing number 50100598264112 asking for 50 per cent advance payment. The account has been opened in an HDFC bank branch at Agra Cantonment in Uttar Pradesh.”
As per the media studies, scammers are additionally utilizing QR codes to ease the transaction course of and dupe cash straight from prospects.
Although lodge reserving websites like reserving. com and makemytrip.com usually are not affected, lodge house owners are nervous that they could face big issues as soon as the vacationer rush begins.
