I think it's kinda weird to expect a source any time someone online shares an anecdote. It was sunny in New York yesterday, do you need a source for that?

At any rate, a 5s Google of "patel hotel indian scam call site:www.reddit.com" reveals dozens of threads of people sharing essentially the same anecdote. Is that enough for you sir, or do you need something peer reviewed?

I too like it when people link to things to back up a statement.

But the way he described the phenomenon made it seem pretty common, and indeed, a quick search for "patel cfo scam hotels" turns up a number of relevant results... Seems like it's a pretty well known, frequently occurring event in the hotel industry.

Googling 'patel scam' leads to https://www.reddit.com/r/TalesFromTheFrontDesk/comments/ot7r...

Not quite identical but close.

Join some of the hotel employees groups. You will hear about all the scams. Time to time franchise will also send out notifications.

Other common scam is IT support.