Hotel chain Starwood has warned that anyone who stayed at its hotels in Germany may have been a victim of credit card fraud.

"The New York-based company owns chains such as Sheraton, Westin and Le Méridien, and believes that some customers who carry 'Miles and More' cards – a frequent flyer partnership between Lufthansa and Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB) – may have been the victim of illegal charges during their stays, daily Financial Times Deutschland reported," according to The Local.

"The problem may be the result of electronic failures similar to the glitch that caused banks in Germany and Spain to recall some 250,000 bank cards between July and November of 2009," the article states.

Click here to read the story at The Local.