September 16, 2023 at 3:44 am

‘Yeah, not today. You will not pull one over on me today, scammer.’ A Hotel Worker Warned People About A Verizon Scam They Should Look Out For

by Matthew Gilligan

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Scams, scams, everywhere there are scams!

You know that’s the truth…and sadly, we as law-abiding citizens just have to find ways to outsmart these shady folks.

A hotel manager named Joshua posted a video on TikTok and told viewers how he figured out that someone was trying to pull a fast one on his place of business.

Joshua said that a Verizon cell phone was sent to his hotel that was meant to be delivered to a guest who was supposed to arrive later. Joshua put the package in his office and intended to give it to the guest when they showed up.

Things took a turn when the guest called the hotel and said that he had accidentally sent a package to the hotel. Joshua said that the guest asked him, “Can I possibly send you my shipping label and have you forward it to me?”

Joshua said he would and he waited for the shipping details.

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Joshua became suspicious after he noticed that the package was sent from Verizon and he thought it could be a scam.

He said, “Basically, these people will… order a phone from, like, a provider. Or they’ll submit an insurance claim that their phone was, like, lost or stolen or damaged.

Joshua added, “And then they’ll ship it to a business, like a hotel, and then they will have the hotel forward it to this other address.”

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Joshua looked up the forwarding address and learned that it was connected to online scam alerts.

He said he was going to take the package to a Verizon store and send it back and he added, “Yeah, not today. You will not pull one over on me today, scammer. Sorry.”

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Check out his video and see what you think.

@rossyj159

They tried it! #hotellife #workflow #work #scammers #scammeralert

♬ original sound – Joshua R

Joshua posted a follow-up video and explained how this particular scam works. He said the shady scammer will hack into someone’s wireless account to get a new phone or file an insurance claim.

They’ll then have the phone mailed to a hotel where they’ve made a reservation under a fake name and have it sent to them from the hotel to create “more degrees of separation.”

@rossyj159

Replying to @user2748995736537588562774846 #hotellife #workflow #work #scammers #scammeralert

♬ original sound – Joshua R

Now check out the comments.

One person said he might want to call the postal inspector.

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Another viewer said they had the same thing happen to them at their job.

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And this TikTokker said he did the right thing.

Source: TikTok/@rossyj159

Scammers are EVERYWHERE these days.

It’s so wild out there.