i am aware that there are brilliantly evil minds lurking in this world wide web.. i thought i was precautious enough.. but they still hit me and my family.. LAST monday.. i got a message from my dear aunt in London asking us if it possible for us to send her 100 pieces of 500 worth of prepaid cards that day.. informing us that it is one of her new sidelines.. Knowing our aunt to be business minded.. we easily gave in to her request..
checking our wallets for available funds, the whole family shared for the needed amount for the procurement of the 100 pieces 500 worth of load prepaid cards..
with the cash on hand, we then went from one cellphone shop to the other just to complete the 100 pieces request..
after which, the whole family helped out in scratching and sending the PIN NUMBERS of the prepaid cards through mail to the email of our aunt..
everything went smoothly.. we thought we are indeed dealing with our beloved AUNTIE.. all the while, we are being scammed..
BANG! we were hit by an IDENTITY THEFT.. claiming that they are our relative.. asking us to send bank accounts and the likes.. but we are being played upon.. DARN IT!
As i am typing this.. another cousin is terribly upset for what happened.. all of her family’s savings were zipped out from them.. aside from that, they have to resort on loaning from close friends..
one good thing that we have proven with this experience though.. FAMILY WILL ALWAYS BE FAMILY.. WE WOULD REALLY FIND WAYS JUST TO HELP OUR LOVE ONES..
the main reason that im bringing this out though is to make people be aware of the DARK SIDE of this new age of technology..
let us all be careful with all the people we’re dealing with ONLINE.. all along we thought its a relative or a close friend but we never know.. there accounts are being used by these people who are messing people’s lives with their LIES..
CAREFUL!
ANUNG SABI?