• Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
    171·
    5 hours ago

    I got a call from “my bank” saying there was a problem with my account and if I give them my account number and details now we can resolve it. I was like "you’re the bank and you called me so you have my account number and info. What’s your name and employee number? And dude just cussed and hung up on me lol

  • Dicska@lemmy.world
    39·
    9 hours ago

    I can’t wrap my head around how people can ignore all those red flags. 2-3 days ago I just got a text from a random number about some parking fine. Not just that, but it said that that day was the last day I could get a 50% DISCOUNT on the fine. A fucking DISCOUNT! What’s next? I can use my Nectar card? Do I get a loyalty card with a stamp on it? But it’s not even the fact that I wasn’t contacted by mail, or there was no other contact given; I don’t even have a fucking car. Or a driving license in this country.

    • syreus@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 hours ago

      I got a fine for not getting my bus ticket stamped in Florence, Italy. Apparently if you paid it the same day it was one price and that price doubled after a week, month, etc.

      Didn’t matter the machine failed when I stamped it because it was out of ink. I even tried to stamp it in front of the officer. He said I could appeal it in person in court. They know tourists aren’t going to appear in court to appeal. I felt scammed but after calming myself down and paying the fine the officer apologized and told me in a few words he hated his job.

    • Lemminary@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Discounts on speeding tickets are a thing in my country. Maybe they were from somewhere else and assumed it was a thing there too? 😂

    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
      27·
      9 hours ago

      cybersecurity education for school-aged children isn’t doing a great job of talking about online safety

      This sentence pretty much sums it up. School’s give them a computer, lock it down and put them in a bubble of safe websites and only tell them “there’s a virus boogyman who will get you if youre not careful”

      • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        5 hours ago

        As someone in gen z, I find that most get scammed trying to buy stupid shit. Discounted v bucks, expensive clothing for stupid cheap, stuff like that. Oh and temu, of course. They also get phished pretty easily as well.

        • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz
          9·
          3 hours ago

          My niece is 14/15, and she gave all her bank account details to some guy on Tiktok who said he wanted to send her 5000$.

          There is an absolute failure in the teaching of online safety and critical thinking. The fault lies mostly on the parents, absolutely, but it needs to be taught in schools, like taxes (my kid is currently learning about how to file taxes in one of his classes).

          I’ve taught my kid about all types of things and the “why” behind it: don’t click links in email or messages, spotting ragebait content & not engaging with it, what is & isn’t appropriate to talk about with a stranger online, the intentions behind the actions and words of a potential predator, etc.

          Teach your kid to question things. Always give an answer to “why”, ALWAYS!!! Because if you don’t give access to the logic behind things, they will simply start to accept everything at face value without any thinking. Worse yet, if they don’t believe there’s logic behind your decisions and words, they will disregard your advice and simply do whatever they want.

  • metaStatic@kbin.earth
    18·
    14 hours ago

    I know a scam when I see one sir, good day. But first tell me more about this reverse mortgage.