I’m Afraid I May Have Fallen Victim To An Online Phishing Scam

I thought I was smarter than this.

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I think I may have gotten hoodwinked.

It happens. We hear about people getting ripped off online all the time. I’ve even seen people I know the post about being fooled. But I never thought it would happen to me.

It started with an ad I posted to an online buy/sell website that got weird. I’m afraid I may have given more information than I should have before I caught on.

I am currently in a holding pattern, having decided to cease all communications and see what happens.

“My families are based in Canada.”

Guh, I should have known right there something was off.

Yesterday I posted an item on Kijiji (an online ads website, similar to Craigslist, that we have in Canada).

I received a text response almost right away, which led to an email exchange that was kind of strange.

“I work … here in the state,” and “My families are based in Canada” could have been the rushed, autocorrected text of a parent who is trying to balance spinning plates while working to keep a teenage son or daughter pacified, right? Right? I can certainly relate. In fact, I’m selling this item in Kijiji for my own son.