Today, the last of July, I did the stupidest thing in my life. I got hooked by phishing scam online. I didn’t even realize it until my banker called me. With the help of the banker, I stopped my card and requested a new one however, I felt so insecure, unsafe, anxious, and even scared. What if I lost all my money in the bank, or what if they cracked my personal information online, etc.
So, I recalled and analyzed what I did. I
was in the middle of searching for class materials and was surfing internet as
usual and there was this site popped up that I won a Samsung galaxy giveaway of
Google. There were the images of thrown small pieces of paper with a sign “congratulations”
and most of all, Google logo was there. They asked me to survey very simple
questions about websites and showed me the device with only $1! If I was
cautious as usual, then I wouldn’t click it at the moment I saw the $1 sign.
However, as ill luck would have it, I was thinking of switching my old
smartphone and the prize attracted me right away. Also, I’ve been googling every
day and had friendly attitude so I made an excuse that the possibility of win
getaway would be higher. So I didn’t have any doubt when I entered my card
number.
With this, I realized how easy for one to
be hooked by phishing scam. Generally I thought victims of phishing scam are
kind of old and less logical and less rational people. I never thought that I
would be the victim of that kind of crime but I had to admit that I was
conceited that I’m educated, smart, and understand the way to commit a fraud
well. This incident threatened not only my financial status but also my mental
balance. Once I knew I got hooked by the crime, I couldn’t be calm. I got angry
of my ignorance at first and then scared of possible bad consequences. It hurt
my self-esteem and self-confidence.
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