During the meeting I was at the Amelia Plantation business center, about to
use my credit card to pay for services, when the staff member behind the
counter advised me to NOT to use my credit card because "anybody might see
the receipt laying around". At the time I thought she was referring to other
guests, or hypothetical trespassing thieves. Given what appear to be these
in-house credit card number thefts, in retrospect, I wonder if the staff
member knew (or had hear rumors maybe) about other staff members stealing
card numbers? Again in retrospect, does it not seem quite strange for a
hotel staff member to advise a customer* to not use their credit card *due
to security fears?!  (Incidentally, my card, which I used at the front desk,
has not been used illicitly.)

I wonder if it would be appropriate for the SHA to contact the hotel
management, the Better Business Bureau, or take some other steps? After all
we spent tens (hundreds?) of thousands of dollars at their resort...

Cheers,

Adrian Myers

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Adrian T. Myers
PhD Student, Stanford Archaeology Center & Department of Anthropology,
Stanford University

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Adrian Myers
Stanford Archaeology Center
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Stanford, CA 94309
USA


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On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Christopher Fennell
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> My credit card number was stolen from Amelia Island Hotel as well. The
> only place I provided that number was at the Amelia Island Hotel's
> main reception desk, so anyone providing their card there may be
> vulnerable. The thieves waited a couple of days before using it, and my
> credit card company says they likely created a counterfeit version
> because the number is being physically swiped through readers.
>