Scam Type
Travel/Vacation/Timeshare Scam
Business Name Used
Caiello Hospitality Group
Date Reported
February 21, 2024
Postal Code
97217
Total Dollars Lost
$ 110
Scam Description
The scammer, posted as Nicholas James/Nick James/Nicholas Caiello, representing as CEO of his company, Caiello Hospitality Group, targeted profiles in Facebook groups, with common interest in travel, by offering discounted hotel services. By making a payment for his service, he promised to add into his list of discounted Hilton and Marriott profiles where one can get heavily discounted employee rate hotel stay. He would keep posting screenshots of heavily discounted hotel rates in various Facebook groups to entice potential payers. Once he received payments, he disappeared into thin air with delayed to no response. Dozens of known payers from similar interest groups in Facebook, fell victim to his scam.
