Credit Card fraud after use at Rio Hotel Las Vegas

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Re: Credit Card fraud after use at Rio Hotel Las Vegas

Mine's clean, used for hotel only, didn't use it once for anything else.

I highly recommend people carry cash for food, etc. It's not that hard to take a few hundred out of an ATM before you get into vegas, and then use that for all the incidentals. Lowering your exposure is the key!

Also always use credit cards, you have better legal protections in fraud cases. Debit cards they empty your account first, vs credit where you just owe a bill.

Kallahar

Yep, I used cash for everything else... hence why I am able to limit my credit card to having only been used at the Rio front desk for hotel deposit/settling of the bill and nowhere else.

[kallahar]

Re: Credit Card fraud after use at Rio Hotel Las Vegas

Mine's clean, used for hotel only, didn't use it once for anything else.

I highly recommend people carry cash for food, etc. It's not that hard to take a few hundred out of an ATM before you get into vegas, and then use that for all the incidentals. Lowering your exposure is the key!

Also always use credit cards, you have better legal protections in fraud cases. Debit cards they empty your account first, vs credit where you just owe a bill.

Kallahar

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Hey everyone,

I recently (about 3 months ago) received a new credit card due to previous fraud on my account (this is basically my backup emergency card), I didn't use the card until DefCon when I used it for my deposit at the Rio (virgin card, used for the very first time!). I haven't used it for anything else since. This morning I checked my statement due to it suddenly having a balance that didn't make sense, and it looks like my card was stolen...

Called up my credit card company and they took care of it, but they were kind enough to tell me that it was used in Germany, Moldova, New Jersey, New York and a few other places around the world as well, they blocked most of the transaction attempts except three, which they are covering (yay 100% not liable for fraud).

So check your statements and make sure it didn't happen to you. Once again, the ONLY place where this card was used was at the Rio for the deposit that they require and to settle my bill at the end of my stay.

Cheers,
Bert

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I have since posted this also on Facebook, and two of my friends came forward and also noted that they had attempts and one transaction go through on their cards that were done in NJ and MO. They used their credit cards at the Rio front desk for settling Hotel bills as well. I don't really believe in co-incidences, so I have reason to believe that this may be more widespread.

Once again, just wanted to give everyone a heads up, check your credit card statements and be pro-active about securing them. You can always call up and ask for a new card free of charge in case you want to get out ahead of this issue or want to make sure you can't be a victim of credit card fraud as well.