一位堪培拉科技首席执行官在骗局中损失了25美元 伪造银行短信催促紧急使用奖励分数 A Canberra tech CEO lost $25 to a scam fake bank text urging urgent use of reward points.

一位堪培拉科技首席执行官在接到一张假银行短信,敦促他使用到期的奖励点,导致他花25美元购买1 300美元的LEGO,这是通过伪造的登录链接设置的。 A Canberra tech CEO narrowly avoided a financial scam after receiving a fake bank text urging him to use expiring reward points, leading him to spend $25 on a $1,300 LEGO set via a spoofed login link. 尽管他使用银行的官方应用程序来防止数据失窃, 他仍损失钱财, 突显骗局如何利用信任、紧迫感和欲望。 Though he used his bank’s official app—preventing data theft—he still lost money, highlighting how scams exploit trust, urgency, and desire. 这一事件反映出欺诈行为大增,据堪培拉报告,2025年1月至5月期间,损失超过120万美元,诈骗行为超过2 600起,主要是通过投资、计费和就业欺诈,以青年和中年成年人为主要对象。 The incident reflects a broader surge in fraud, with Canberra reporting over $1.2 million in losses and more than 2,600 scams between January and May 2025, primarily targeting young and middle-aged adults through investment, billing, and employment fraud. 在同一期间,澳大利亚国民因诈骗损失了1.47亿澳元。 Nationally, Australians lost over $147 million to scams in the same period. 首席执行官是亚里士多德元数据的创始人,他强调了持续教育的重要性,指出即使是技术专业人员也十分脆弱。 The CEO, founder of Aristotle Metadata, stressed the importance of ongoing education, noting even tech professionals are vulnerable.