May Khan's life was always pretty normal, but with final exams, prom and graduation looming around the corner, she didn't care much for anything except for getting out of high school. On her eighteenth birthday, however, her entire life changes. Aft...
I'm so sorry for the late update! It was my first week back to school AND I had a crazy thing happen to me but I thought I'd use my experience to send out an important message to you all.
Somehow, someone managed to get a hold of my credit card information and charged about $2000 to my account. Thankfully I noticed this immediately and was able to contact my bank and sort it out right away, but it was still a super scary thing, especially since I'm a broke university student (just like May [and all the other university students, I'm sure], haha!)
Prior to this happening, I, like most people, assumed this kind of thing would never happen to me. But it did! And I just want to make sure all of you are extra safe with your money, whether it's in a credit card or not.
So here are some tips that I read online which are simple, but will help you stay safe:
1) Make sure you keep your pin safe and hidden every time you use your card (even if people aren't there, I read on my bank website that people use tiny cameras to steal pin codes)
2) Don't use your card at any suspicious ATMs, ever! If you're even slightly suspicious, it's better to be safe than sorry!
3) If you lose your card or it's stolen, report it right away, and make sure you keep your money or cards in a place you won't forget about, so you know right away if it's missing or not.
4) Also, check your transactions etc, as often as possible! And if you notice something strange, report it. Thankfully, I always triple check my transactions online whenever I purchase stuff which is why I noticed the missing $2000.
After this happened, I found out how smart and conniving (lol) these scammers are. It's hard to believe but it's true! If you have a tapping function on your card they can literally hold a machine at near your bag and get access to all your credit card info! And money is important and must be kept safe, especially if you're broke like me and every cent counts (so I can buy myself coffee and keep myself up while I write essays for my classes and stuff LOLL)!
Anyhoo, just wanted to make sure I could use my experience to help others XD!
Again, I'm so sorry for the late upload! I hope you enjoy it. There's finally some awesome action going on between the two so I hope you like it!!
Love, Luckycharms! <3
P.S. As you may have noticed, I have changed the cover of this story! I wanted the cover to have a little bit more of a modern air to it, which is why I picked a picture of that Las Vegas pyramid thing (LOL) Hope you guys like it and see where I was going with it! HAHA =)
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