contained
her cell phone, credit card,
wallet etc) was stolen.20
minutes later, when she called
her husband from a pay
phone
telling him what had
happened,
the husband said , "I received your
text asking about our PIN
and I have replied a
little while ago".
When they rushed down to
their
bank, the bank staff told them
that money had been
withdrawn.The smart thief had actually
used the stolen cell phone to
text the husband in the contact
list and got hold of the PIN
number within the 20 minutes and
had withdrawn all the money
from their bank account.
NOTE:
There is nothing really wrong
in
disclosing the relationships
between
you and the people in your contact
list. I am not advocating for/against the use of names like
home, honey, hubby,
sweetheart, dad, mom, etc.
What's important here is, when
sensitive information is being
asked through text, confirm
by calling back. Let's be wise
and
sensitive.
Also, when you are being sent
text by friends or family to
meet them somewhere, be
sure
to call back to confirm that the
message came from them. If
you
don't reach them, be careful
about going places to meet
"family and friends" who text
you.
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