FA+
Shop
Hrmpf, fell for a phishing for the first time :(
a day ago
Got an email from Hermes (a delivery company) that I have a package stopped at the customs office and that I gotta pay 3€.
I am actually expecting a package from a foreign country that is likely to be stopped at the customs >__< Stupid coincidence because it was a phishing and now they got my credit card and attempted to misuse it. In retrospect I should've looked at the sender mail better, it was "jobs.ac.kr", lol.
Luckily my bank has automatically blocked this (blessed that we are not in a world where we use only unprotected crypto and co after all, lol). Thiiink I am not loosing money (well, besides the 3€), though there is still one transaction of 100€ on "pending" for some reason. Hopefully blocking the card prevents that one too.
So I have to wait up to two weeks for a new card now but it's good if that keeps me from commissioning in that time, haha :)
The attempted malicious orders were twice at Hugo Boss and twice at GoG btw xD
So yee, careful out there. One more thing on the list of thousand ways phishers try to scam q_q
I am actually expecting a package from a foreign country that is likely to be stopped at the customs >__< Stupid coincidence because it was a phishing and now they got my credit card and attempted to misuse it. In retrospect I should've looked at the sender mail better, it was "jobs.ac.kr", lol.
Luckily my bank has automatically blocked this (blessed that we are not in a world where we use only unprotected crypto and co after all, lol). Thiiink I am not loosing money (well, besides the 3€), though there is still one transaction of 100€ on "pending" for some reason. Hopefully blocking the card prevents that one too.
So I have to wait up to two weeks for a new card now but it's good if that keeps me from commissioning in that time, haha :)
The attempted malicious orders were twice at Hugo Boss and twice at GoG btw xD
So yee, careful out there. One more thing on the list of thousand ways phishers try to scam q_q
Also dont 100% rely on the sender address, it CAN be spoofed. a malicious actor can send an email under some other official email. For any email asking for any kinda payment details or personal information, go through a primary source instead of the email. Eg go to amazon.com and your message center there instead of clicking amazon links in an email. Same goes for any service, be it banking, twitter, government. Never click an email link, go to the primary source yourself.
We all have moments of weakness though, so dont feel bad about it, a learning experience nevertheless and hopefully in a time where you can afford it rather than a time where you're struggling on money.
I will see if I can request money back though am at a bank that has no physical counters.
In every case a lesson indeed!