Woman is outraged after paying for a sea view hotel room...and discovering a brazen scam (but can YOU spot it?)

A holidaymaker was left outraged after shelling out for a sea view hotel room and realizing she had fallen for a brazen scam.

Influencer Clarisa Murgia had paid a lot for the room because of the spectacular views it advertised as part of the vacation of a lifetime across Europe.

But when she arrived at the hotel and was shown to her room, she quickly discovered that the stunning view on her balcony showing the blue sea, a sailboat and a mountain range was not what it was. she seemed to be.

Instead, a giant poster of a seaside had been plastered on the wall of the building outside his window, and the entire sea view was a big inconvenience.

While filming the scene, Clarisa showed how, from a certain angle, the poster looked like the real thing.

At first glance, Clarisa Murgia’s balcony seemed to offer a breathtaking view of the sea.

But as she turns to the side, the footage shows it to be just a huge image on the other side of a dark alley.

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The real view is a crumbling white wall and rows of white barred windows.

She then shared a video of the massive scam on TikTok on May 18 in a clip titled “Expectation vs. Reality.”

Argentinian national Calrisa added: “Someone rented a B&B with a sea view. I feel scammed, guys.

“No one has ever cheated on me like this before, hahaha.”

The video quickly racked up over 2.5 million views and viewers were left in hysterics over her unfortunate situation.

One TikTok user said: “That’s why I always look at the location so I don’t fail.”

Another commented: “Even my ex didn’t lie that much.” »

And a third added: “My luck in life is summed up in this video.”

But upon closer inspection, the “view” comes from a giant poster hanging on the side of a building opposite the vacationer’s hotel room.

The giant image of the seaside is displayed on a crumbling wall, next to a barred window.

The brazen scam comes after holidaymakers slammed Booking.com last month, accusing the platform of failing to crack down on “appalling” scammers who misled customers on its official app.

Posing as hotels with which they have reserved rooms, scammers trick travelers into providing their bank details by claiming that they must pay immediately or risk losing their reservation.

A family had to cancel their dream holiday to Thailand after being scammed out of £465 by fraudsters and unable to get a refund from Booking.com, the hotel or their bank.

Another victim had almost £1,200 stolen from her account by scammers after tricking her into thinking she was interacting with a hotel she had made a booking at.

Booking.com told MailOnline that its systems “were not hacked” but that some of their accommodation partners were targeted with “very convincing and sophisticated phishing tactics”.