Thursday, March 13, 2014

SOL 13 of 31 -- I've been phished

My list of things to do was growing exponentially.
Clara was stirring from her nap, about to join me downstairs.
My stomach was becoming grumbly.

I was working as fast as I could.
A new email message arrived:
     "Your AppleID was used to download World War Z"
Now, Apple and itunes and icloud have baffled me for a good long while:
I never log in, I never view an account online,
I don't even know their homepage web address,
I just magically connect to the store (?) through the itunes on my desktop --
The only thing I know is that I did not download World War Z.
I clicked on the link.
The page I landed on was confusing.
Clara wanted me to play with her NOW.
I entered the info but kept looping back to the same page.
I could not find a place to change my password.
Play NOW, Mama!

After talking to Apple Support,
I realized my mistake:
it probably wasn't really Apple contacting me.

I am totally embarrassed.
I knew better than to click on a link in an email,
I knew better than to haphazardly give away a credit card number.
My hands shake, my face turns hot, my heart pounds.
Angry and embarrassed.

And now I've created a mountain from a molehill.
To undo all that,
the list of things to do has grown again.


3 comments:

  1. Oh no! Those scam emails are getting trickier -- in a busy moment it's so easy to click without double checking! Hope it all sorts out easily for you.

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  2. I've done it too, twice on twitter, Susan. I'm sorry. Why do they work so hard to do what's wrong? Argh!

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  3. Ugh, what a pain. I love how you conveyed the confusion & clutter of this moment, though!

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