If you've been a victim of a phishing scam or email fraud and wouldn't mind sharing your story, could you please post here? I need phishing victims for a work project that could lead to press inquiries.
Me. It was about a year ago.... got an email from "Paypal," went to the fake site, entered my information and of course, moron me used the same login/password for Paypal as everything else. They hacked into my bank account, transferred funds and wrote themselves a fake online banking check. Luckily, I caught it in time because the amount they wrote was $1000 and I rarely use my checking account anymore since I don't work. The bank intercepted the check before it went out and the money was credited back to my account. Horrendously, they couldn't do anything to try to get the people who did this since no money was actually stolen. :( Since then, DH won't let me use online banking and it has been the biggest PITA ever. All of our accounts - CDs, a vacation fund, our emergency fund, etc. were all at the same bank. It could've been REALLY bad.
Wow! I'm so sorry you went through that. But good thing you caught it in time.
The reason I'm asking about phishing... We may be issuing a press release for a client in the next few days and want real examples of phishing victims. If you'd be willing to be a reference, there's a chance you'd get press inquiries. BUT, we could always ask that the reporters use an alias or just say "San Francisco mother of two said..." You're an especially good reference because you're quite Internet-savvy, very smart, 30-something, etc. We could talk about this offline. Eventually we need a spokesperson (preferably an attractive mom - not to put too fine a point on it) for a consumer advocacy group/coalition that this client is backing. How do you feel about being on the TODAY Show? LOL. Of course I'm putting the cart before the horse but that's me.
Sure, I'd be happy to be a reference. I was quoted in the real estate section of the Chronicle once so I have lots of experience. Kidding about the experience, but I was quoted in the Chronicle. :) I'd definitely prefer to be "SF mother of two" but would use my real name if absolutely necessary.
Awesome. Thank you! We're walking on a draft release now and I think I have enough to start with based on your post about the PayPal experience. I thought I knew how to email people through LJ but I don't :(. My work email is khopp AT connors dot com. Would you mind dropping me a note when you get a chance and then we can go from there?
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The reason I'm asking about phishing... We may be issuing a press release for a client in the next few days and want real examples of phishing victims. If you'd be willing to be a reference, there's a chance you'd get press inquiries. BUT, we could always ask that the reporters use an alias or just say "San Francisco mother of two said..." You're an especially good reference because you're quite Internet-savvy, very smart, 30-something, etc. We could talk about this offline. Eventually we need a spokesperson (preferably an attractive mom - not to put too fine a point on it) for a consumer advocacy group/coalition that this client is backing. How do you feel about being on the TODAY Show? LOL. Of course I'm putting the cart before the horse but that's me.
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