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.
good information, be careful
ReplyDeleteThat can be expensive. Good thing it ended easily.
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