Australian teen named Aurora Casilli claims she has been scammed of a whopping $25K after falling for a phone scam. According to her, she was scammed in a matter of seconds.
And she is here to warn everyone of the phone scam via the New York Post;
A distraught teenager who claims to have been scammed out of $25,000 in a matter of seconds has issued a chilling warning.
After scoring her first casual job at 14, Aurora Casilli has been dreaming of the day she would have enough money to buy her very own home.
The 18-year-old from Albany, Western Australia, says she has always known the value of money and over the years, had meticulously saved every cent she possibly could.
At one stage, she was even working three different jobs to help fatten her savings account.
But now Aurora says all her years of dedication and hard work were wasted, as she now “has nothing to her name” after falling victim to an alleged phone scam.
“You never think something like this will happen to you,” she told news.com.au.
“I’m devastated. I’ve worked hard all my life, I was saving for a house.
“All those shifts, all the work I put in, and now this.
“While my friends were going out and buying nice things like makeup and clothes, I was saving. I was saving for my future.
“Now I have nothing. I have to start all over again.”
On December 3 last year, Aurora received an alarming text message that she believed was from her bank, which stated someone with a name she did not recognize was attempting to make a transfer from her account.
The message appeared to be from National Australian Bank, as it was from the same number and in the same text message thread as previous, legitimate communications from the bank.
This technique is known as spoofing and is commonly used by scammers to appear more legitimate to potential victims.
The text urged her to call their 1800 number if she had not authorized the payment, which the teenager decided to dial as she was in a “state of panic.”
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