The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released information on a state prison inmate who orchestrated an identity theft scam that tricked hotel employees.
Damion Andrico Goldsmith, 40, who has previous convictions for fraudulent use of personal information, credit card fraud, grand theft and fraud, tried several hotel employes into helping him obtain credit card numbers and personal information. He called hotels and asked room service employees for the last numbers of rooms they had serviced. He obtained the information during some of the calls by claiming to be “Joe” from security.
Time and time again, hotel employees provided him with the information.
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