The other morning I came down from my shower and noticed
something unusual. There sat TLW (The Little Woman) with a bottle of champagne
opened at 5:30 in the morning!
As I entered the room she was on the phone, all giggly and
happy, with a glass of the bubbly in her hand. Suddenly she said goodbye to her
girlfriend and asked:
“What are you doing here?”
“What do you mean, and WHY are you drinking champagne at
5:30 in the morning?
“Well I got an email from you stating that you were stranded
in the Philippines?”
“What? I’ve been home all the long, sleeping next to you all
night!”
“Well according to this email you are in the Philippines,
see?” She shows me the email and I think: I just know I didn’t send her that
email, I think?
Turns out someone hacked my account and sent everyone on my
Yahoo list the email. Suddenly I’m getting phone calls from people on my cell
phone.
My financial man, the agency, old high school classmates,
and even board members and clients. For instance:
“Hey Joe, It’s Jerry back in the States. How the hell did
you get stuck in the Philippines?”
“No Jerry, I’m not in the Philippines, someone hacked my
account!”
Then this one: “Hello, Joe? Christy here, did you get hacked
or something?”
”Yeah Christy I did, I’m not stuck in the Philippines, I’m
stuck at home. Send the money to my home address.”
Or-
“Hello Joe? Ken, I see you’ve been hacked. Happened to me
once, a pain in the neck. Figured I tell you they want $800 to be sent to an
address in the Philippines!’
Yup, I’ve been hacked alright, does this mean you are not
sending the money?”
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