Thursday, November 19, 2009

My first FB hack encounter

So the following happened to me this morning:

6:32am Christine
hey, how u doing?
6:33am Lewis
hey!i'm good how bout yourself?
6:34am Christine
not doing fine at the moment
6:34am Lewis
oh no...
6:35am Christine
we went for a vac to Essex UK and unfortunately we're stuck
6:36am Lewis
WHAT?why are you stuck in England?
6:36am Christine
yea, we got mugged at gun point 2 nights ago, they got our cell, cash everything we had
6:37am Lewis
holy shitso what are you gonna do? did u go to the us embassy or consulate?
6:38am Christine
we contacted the consulate and a flight has been arranged. I leaves in less than 3 hours, but we have no passports to flywe emailed amex to cancel our accounts because they had our cards, and now the consulate can't help us with Catch 22 to pay for an emergency passport and ticket. We're stranded
6:39am Lewis
omg, i'm so sorry to hear about that christinei don't see how they can't help you guys
6:39am Christine
pls we need help asapwe have to pay for the passports and tickets now. Pls can you lend us some money to get this settled, once we arrive tomorrow, we'll refund asapwe're in a local library now, pleaded with the librarian to let me use the internet and find help
6:42am Lewis
i don't know how I can help, i'm in the philippines right now on traveli can make some calls for youwhere can i reach you?
6:43am Christine
i lost my cell, all # were in it
6:43am Lewis
obviosuly. but do u have the library phone number i can call you at/?
6:44am Christine
hold on
6:45am Christine
u there?
6:45am Lewis
yea
6:45am Christine
the librarian says the phone's for local calls only
6:46am Lewis
why can't you call your older sister to help?or email her?Ashley would always help
6:47am Christine
i searched her info on online directory, it wasn't therei sent emergency emails but no response yet
6:47am Lewis
damn
6:47am Christine
i need you to help me now
6:48am Lewis
hey at least whoever you are had me going in the beginning but christine doesn't have a sister, nice try douchebag
6:49am Christine is offline.

Just wanted to share my experience so people don't fall for this hoax. Also, FB users need to change their passwords on a regular basis to mitigate the risks of their accounts being hacked. Christine was a friend from high school, I haven't spoken to her much over the years so it was a bit of a surprise when she IM'd me this morning, that should be a RED Flag right away. I need to call Christine to let her know that her FB profile was hacked. Will update later....

Lewis