I was checking to see if my rent check had been taken out when I noticed a suspicious charge. It was for $10.05. Nothing too significant, but I knew that I did not make that charge. I called the bank to let them know. They had been seeing a lot of these suspicious charges lately. My card was cancelled and I was told to monitor my account for the next couple of days. Thankfully, the amount taken from my checking account wasn't a lot of money and I was able to dispute the charge so the money would be put back.
Then, about an hour or so later, a friend of mine sent me a text message asking if I had sent her an email with a link in it. That would be a big NO! I checked my email and, lo and behold, I had a spam email in my inbox from myself. A little while later, my mom asked if I had sent her an email and I told her that my account had been hacked.
So off I went to change every password that I could think of.
I don't understand why people feel the need to do this to people. Granted, they want the money from mine and many other people's accounts. I am assuming that the same is true for people trying to get access to people's information through a virus or whatever is sent through spammy emails. But it is so violating. How often are we told to make sure that our passwords are safe so no one can get access to our information, whether it is a banking account or Facebook.
Since I am still waiting for my new card, I have no easy way to get money. I could go to the bank to write a check for them to cash, but what a hassle. So my little piece of advice from this whole experience is to change your passwords!
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