Post #3751747
2026-07-11 17:40 UTC
hi. uh, i'm shae and ... i clicked a link in a text message.
now i have a cancelled $2900 etransfer (caught it just in time, so no financial impact to me), new login credentials, pins and counter passwords, and replacement debit and credit cards on the way.
that was probably the best dramatic presentation i've been an audience to, involving multiple people (fake fraud agents, fake police officers), multiple phone calls from different numbers, text messages from yet another number that perfectly imitated my bank's tone and messaging, perfectly imitative websites, and half a dozen tiny little tells that should have tipped me off, until i finally got fed up and called the bank like i should have an hour earlier.
you may think you wouldn't fall for it, and you would probably be right, but these guys are so professional they are probably already analyzing where they went wrong with me so they can modify their script to be even more convincing to the next victim.
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@smp@toot.cat 2026-07-11 17:44
they had my land-line phone number, name, credit card number, the name of my bank (derivable from the card number), knew the municipality i lived in, the name of my local police agency, and had hacked the email address of someone i sent an e-transfer to eight years ago so they wouldn't need to do any additional security verification on adding a new recipient. all in all, not my proudest morning. but at least the only real penalty i have to deal with the fact of my own foolishness.