Note to travelers: If two men dressed as women approach you and offer a massage in your hotel room, just say no.
Apparently there has been a rash of massage cons in Chicago. Chicago's Sun-Times reported that an incident involving a police decoy who played a hotel guest resulted in the arrest of two men Thursday. They appeared in court Saturday.
Here's what the story said: that two men posing as masseuses were arrested at the ritzy Four Seasons Hotel Chicago Thursday. The decoy said they offered him a full-body massage, according to the story. But after he took off his clothes and was lying on the bed, they reportedly took a photo of him and threatened to put it online if he didn't cough up more money.
RELATED: 'B-girls' lure unsuspecting visitors in MiamiThe two men were arrested (the story didn't have more details about how it happened, presumably the disrobed decoy did not make the arrest), charged with one count each of attempted armed robbery and are due in court Thursday.
The story raises a lot of questions, such as how two guys dressing as women could fool a hotel guest (or maybe the guest was supposed to be into cross-dressers). Apparently this sort of thing has been happening a bit, if police are sending out decoys to foil robberies. At least no one was hurt, as in the famous 2009 "Craigslist" killing, in which a woman who offered up her services for a Boston hotel massage was targeted.
Thoughts?
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