So, my sister's email was hacked... My sister lives in the UK, and we all live in Australia. The hacker sent everyone in her address book (including my parents) an email saying she was in spain, and she'd be attacked and robbed, and needed us to send money so that she could fly back to the UK.
A barrage of phone calls all weekend ensued with a frazzled mum, not accepting that it was fraudulent, although all the logic lead to the fact that it was a fraud. My dad, was initially sucked in by it, madly making phone calls to the consulate etc. who told him not to send money, then making phone calls to me, who told him it was definitely a fraud, and not to send money.
Then mum carried on all weekend in a panic that her daughter was harmed. Amazing how these people cause so much stress. Everyone under 40, we all knew instantly, and it was clear that she was hacked. We knew she wasn't in spain, we knew the language used in the emails was not her own, but to my parents, they just wouldn't believe it until they physically heard her voice.
Yes, this is the beginning of the alzheimers, but also, just the beginning of old age I guess. Technology moves so fast, and it always seems that the most vulnerable are caught out by these dodgy scamming hackers.
A barrage of phone calls all weekend ensued with a frazzled mum, not accepting that it was fraudulent, although all the logic lead to the fact that it was a fraud. My dad, was initially sucked in by it, madly making phone calls to the consulate etc. who told him not to send money, then making phone calls to me, who told him it was definitely a fraud, and not to send money.
Then mum carried on all weekend in a panic that her daughter was harmed. Amazing how these people cause so much stress. Everyone under 40, we all knew instantly, and it was clear that she was hacked. We knew she wasn't in spain, we knew the language used in the emails was not her own, but to my parents, they just wouldn't believe it until they physically heard her voice.
Yes, this is the beginning of the alzheimers, but also, just the beginning of old age I guess. Technology moves so fast, and it always seems that the most vulnerable are caught out by these dodgy scamming hackers.
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