Tuesday 7 February 2012

FRAUD!
Write about a scam you know about or saw. Describe the scam. Would you be tricked? Who might be tricked by this scam?

I have experience related with scam. It happend in Canada. I can work unrestricted because I have an  open work permit. While I was looking for a job, I found a job search website. I wanted their help getting a job. While I was looking around their homepage, some pop-ups were showing me information about jobs. It said "If you want to get a job, coupons, or gifts, you can give us ur name and phone number. I felt strange about this, but in Korea, it is not much of a problem. I didn't worry about it. After I told them my information, they texted me immediately. Later on, I kept getting messages from a third party. I didn't worry about it. Usually, I pay around $40 at the begining of each month for my phone. At that time, I got a strange phone bill. They charged me $70. I didn't know why. I kept getting strange messages for two months. The second bill charged me around $60. After I did some research about third partys' on google, I found out that it was phone fraud. I knew how to do stop the messages. After I texted "Stop" to them, they didn't text me anymore.

I wanted to get some infomation on jobs, but I lost money when I gave my information to them.

I would be tricked because Korea and Canada have different fraud cultures. I didn't know that. Also, old people and foreigners, like me, who don't understand might be tricked by this scam.


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