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Old May 29, 2012, 2:44 am
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Originally Posted by bdraco
You should assume the worst. This is very likely identity theft. I'd very strongly consider filing a police report as well to protect yourself in case it goes deeper (you may need it as evidence later).
Unlikely.

Originally Posted by iamthehpt
The reservation was NOT made online but through a call to Central Reservations, but I guess they could have hacked my account and then called in. But if my account was hacked, I would think that they would change my pin when they changed my email so it would have taken me longer to catch the fraud/mistake. Couldn't have gotten the info from the trash because I don't receive mailed statements, just online.
Hopefully just sloppy work at the reservations center by pulling the points from a wrong account, but then who would use 15K for a $99 room? (Probably many)
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