An Ontario woman is out $86,000 after receiving a call from a fraudster claiming to be a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) investigator. They told her that her bank accounts were involved in a money laundering operation.
Who the hell gives their credit card number out to the company who should have records of said account. Sorry, but they did fall off the back of the turnip truck.
Didn’t actually read the whole piece did ya? Just stopped at the first paragraph and then reacted?
It’s fine, at this point I’m sure you’ll go find something else to pick apart to protect your ego, meanwhile allowing the point to escape you entirely.
I just hope if/when you get scammed, the people around you are less of a dick about it.
It can happen to anyone:
https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/cyber-dunning-kruger/
Cory Doctorow didn’t just fall off the back of a turnip truck. If it can happen to him, odds are it can happen to you.
Who the hell gives their credit card number out to the company who should have records of said account. Sorry, but they did fall off the back of the turnip truck.
Didn’t actually read the whole piece did ya? Just stopped at the first paragraph and then reacted?
It’s fine, at this point I’m sure you’ll go find something else to pick apart to protect your ego, meanwhile allowing the point to escape you entirely.
I just hope if/when you get scammed, the people around you are less of a dick about it.