Scam Type
Travel/Vacation/Timeshare Scam
Business Name Used
Hotel
Date Reported
October 06, 2024
Postal Code
03902
Total Dollars Lost
$ 282
Scam Description
My husband and I were in North Carolina celebrating our 20th anniversary. We were staying at a great airBNB in nearby Avon, but had a chance to extend our trip and booked a night at the Cape Hatteras Motel. Or so we thought. I never received any information. The whole thing was fishy. We drove by since it was close to our Airbnb, and the motel didn’t have a single car there. It looked closed. My husband called to see what was up. We were told at 11:19 on September 30th that we had no reservation for the 10/3, the date we thought we had booked. We made a reservation somewhere else that was not convenient for us. Then I was charged 280.00 for a “no show” by Cape Hatteras Motel. We called to say we had been told there was no reservation for us and frankly they didn’t look open, and a belligerent woman insisted that she was entitled to the money from booking.com.
I use Booking.com often and am Genius Status. There is no record of this reservation in my Booking.com account. Complete Fraud. We will be initiating an investigation with State Authorities
