I fell victim to online fraud today; I’m devastated
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While using my phone today, I saw a promotion involving breaking an egg; breaking it unlocked an egg that allowed me to get 100 units of credit for 29.9 yuan. It’s a pretty good idea – you just enter your phone number and the payment is made. After making the payment, I received a text message asking me to download the “Rainbow Box” app to top up my account. After downloading and opening it, I found the recharging option by following the instructions, and discovered that I had been given 20 coupons offering a discount of 5 yuan for every 100 yuan spent on recharges. These coupons expire on September 24th, and I certainly don’t need that much data usage in two months I reported it directly; I don’t know what the outcome was.
When paying for parking at a garage, there was an ad offering 20 yuan off the parking fee; by clicking on it, I still ended up paying 20 yuan to get a useless card
Haha, the other party voluntarily refunded the money; it seems that reporting can be useful sometimes.
The more you do, the higher the probability of making mistakes……
It’s impossible to anticipate! Once, I received a text message from a fake telecom number stating that my points were about to expire, and I needed to redeem them promptly. A link is provided below; click on it. The price of the product is in the thousands, and you need to use a certain amount of points, plus a few hundred dollars in cash to purchase it. I was puzzled at the time, so I called telecommunications for clarification, and they said there was no such campaign! There’s no need for the gift exchange to be at par value when using points.
What happened to me today was also due to seeing a small profit. If you don’t want to take advantage of small gains, it’s easier to avoid being deceived. And the other party takes advantage of this human psychology: people think it’s their bad luck to get scammed out of a small amount of money. They returned right away at the first complaint, but many people in similar situations probably won’t complain either. I feel like I didn’t see it clearly at the time. Sending top-up money and phone credit vouchers are completely different……