For a short while (and maybe a little longer), while I'm in Korea I'm keeping my UK mobile going. It sounds silly, but has turned out to be pretty handy! But that's just an aside to my little story of the day...
Last week mum and dad got a call at home from my bank, asking for me. Obviously I'm not in the UK, so there was no way they could get hold of me at home. So for the last couple of nights they have tried to call me on my mobile. I don't normally pick up my mobile, especially if it's a number I don't recognise - simply because I have to pay for incoming calls on my contract, and unless it's an emergency the people that need me will normally call me on either my Korean phone or on Skype.
I got a little annoyed by the call tonight, so I decided to look for the number on the internet. I found a website telling me it was a fake number, from someone claiming to be from my bank.
I needed to call my bank anyway because while I was in Honk Kong I managed to lock my credit card right in the middle of a shopping spree (something I was a little annoyed about, but which I think might have saved me a whole bunch of hassle!).
After 16 minutes and 34 seconds, the phone call was over and I was happy I had done some investigating!!!
It turns out while I was buying some perfume in the duty free in Incheon Airport, South Korea my credit card (the one I accidentally locked, and I'm convinced was a very lucky thing!) was cloned. It's amazing that they know exactly when your card's being cloned!
And we all though there was no crime in Korea! Pha!
Isn't that scary? I think I'll be watching a lot more carefully from now on!
No comments:
Post a Comment