Blog Post #9

 I experienced one instance of phishing just this last August. Around August 7th, 2024 I got a notification on a phone web browser that a virus was threatening to release on my phone unless I entered my account information. So, I did and told my mom about the next day and I realized how bad I messed up and was tricked into giving up that information. I really thought that my computer was going to catch a virus, so I panicked and gave up my account information. My father and I went to BECU on August 9th and got it sorted out. The people who did it got caught online and I got my money back on August 20th. 

I have not faced other instances of cybercrimes. However, I once watched a real-life video of a thirteen-year-old girl make up rumors about her friend online. I believe the story was that the girl being bullied online didn't invite the girl who started the cyberbullying to her birthday party days earlier at school. So, she got angry and made up false rumors about her. After other female students joined in to that negativity, one other girl stood up for the one being bullied. 

Another time I was almost scammed by someone posing as an employee from Amazon. It had said that I won a $1,000 gift card for Amazon. I showed my mom that again, but I learned from the August incident and closed that browser. I already knew it was a scam when I read it through all the way. I have at times been wary of text messages trying to contact me and I have no idea who they are over text. 


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