A Midwest Mom Amagwidwa Kuti Afike Pamtunda
Mwamuna wotchedwa Rhonda Meade adakondana ndi lonjezo lake loti adzalumikizana naye ku chilumba cha tropical komwe angakwatirane m'mphepete mwa nyanja zoyera pamene dzuwa likutentha pamadzi ambirimbiri.
Koma, chinthu chokhacho chimene chinathawa moyo wa mayi wosakwatiwa wa zaka 36 chidzatha kukhala ndalama zake zonse ndi chitetezo chimene anapatsa "Walter."
Meade, yemwe dzina lake lasinthidwa kuti amuteteze dzina lake, anali mmodzi mwa anthu mamiliyoni ambiri amene amapita ku intaneti chaka chilichonse kufunafuna chibwenzi ndi ubale wa nthawi yaitali. Monga amayi ambiri osakwatiwa, mayi wa Midwestern wa awiri ndi wosamalira bambo wake wodwala anapeza mwayi ndi mwayi wochuluka pokomana ndi amuna pa intaneti.
Kulowa Yahoo! Chipinda chatsopano tsiku lina madzulo atagwira ntchito usiku usiku pa ntchito yake ya malonda, anakumana ndi munthu wamba chabe yemwe adamusekerera kuyambira pomwe adayankhula naye poyamba.
"Iye anali wanzeru kwambiri ndipo anapeza kuti anali wokonda kwambiri komanso amandikonda kwambiri," adatero Meade. "Ndinkaganiza kuti ndizabwino kuti asakhale woona."
Kukambirana usiku uliwonse pa Yahoo! Mtumiki wochokera mu Oktoba 2006 mpaka February 2007, Walter, yemwe anali wodziwa bwino ntchito zapamwamba komanso katswiri wa masewera a koleji, adatha kutenga Meade kuti apange moyo wake.
Iye anati: "Tinali kukwatirana," akukumbukira kuti akulimbana ndi misonzi. "Koma, ndiye, anandiuza kuti wataya ntchito, anachotsedwa, ndipo anali wosowa. Kotero, ine ndinachita zomwe ine ndikanati ndichite kwa munthu aliyense yemwe ine ndakhala ndikumuyikapo monga choncho. Ndinamupatsa ndalamazo. "
Atapereka ndalama zokwana madola 7,000 ku akaunti ya banki ya Walter ku akaunti yake yosungirako ndalama, Meade adanena kuti maulendo ake ndi mwamunayo sakhala ocheperapo, ndipo potsirizira pake, anaima palimodzi.
"Ndinatengedwa kukhala wopusa," anatero Meade, "ndipo ndinakhumudwa kwambiri."
Nkhanza ya ku Nigeria imapita ku mauthenga
Koma, pamene Walter adagwa nthawi yovuta, munthu wina wa ku Nigeria mtunda wa makilomita zikwi zambiri anali kupha ngati mbali ya opaleshoni yomwe imalimbikitsa amuna ndi akazi kuti azikondana kwambiri ndi kuwasiya okha ndi owuma.
"Simungaganize kuti mungathe kuchitidwa nkhanza mpaka zitakuchitikirani," adatero Meade. "Koma, ndi anthu ambiri omwe ali pa intaneti, intaneti imatha ndi anthu omwe amatsengawa akhoza kukonzekera."
Chaka ndi chaka, abambo ndi abambo zikwi zambiri amagwiritsa ntchito maulamuliro a pa Intaneti ndi mapulogalamu a mauthenga kuti athe kukumana ndi masiku omwe angakhale nawo, ndipo mwina omwe angakhale okwatirana. Koma, pamene munthu pamapeto ena a mapulogalamu anu amatha kuwoneka olondola, mungadziwe bwanji?
Imodzi mwa machitidwe aakulu kwambiri omwe amalembedwa ndi makalata ndi intaneti, a Nigerian '419' scam (omwe amatchulidwa ndi gawo la chiwerengero cha Nigeria chokhudzana ndi ndondomeko zachinyengo), amanena kuti mwiniwake wa bizinesi wolemera kapena wogwira ntchito ku boma akufuna kuthandizidwa kutumiza mamilioni a madola kunja kwa dziko lake kuti liwonongeke peresenti ya ndalama zothandizira kwanu. Pambuyo povomera kuthandizira, wolalitsa nthawi zambiri amapempha thandizo lanu popereka ndalama kuti athandize ndalamazo kuti zisamalire.
Masiku ano, vutoli lasunthira ku mauthenga ndi mafilimu, kumene opaleshoniyi ikuphatikizapo zithunzi zabodza komanso zonyenga. Zikuyesa kuti zolaula, zomwe zakhala zikuchitika kwa zaka zosachepera 20, zimayendetsa madola mamiliyoni zana pachaka.
Meade anali mmodzi wa anthu ozunzidwa.
"Nditapereka chigamulo kwa akuluakulu a boma ndi apolisi, ndinauzidwa kuti mwina sindiyenera kuyembekezera kuona ndalamazo," adatero. "Ndipo, ine sindinatero."
Kudziteteza
Pamene intaneti ikhoza kukhala malo abwino kwambiri kuti mupeze anzanu atsopano komanso zosangalatsa za chikondi, anthu ayenera kukhala osamala poyesa kulandira malingaliro komanso kulankhulana pamtengo wapatali, malinga ndi Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Gulu la FBI ndi bungwe la National Collar Crime Center, lomwe likuyang'anira kufufuza ndi kufufuza zikwi zambiri za madandaulo chaka chilichonse, likusonyeza zotsatirazi pochita ndi anthu kapena malonda pa intaneti:
- Musati mudziwe zambiri zaumwini pamene mukucheza pa zamalonda kapena pa mapulogalamu a mauthenga
- Musaganize kuti munthu kapena kampani ndi yovomerezeka poyang'ana maonekedwe ndi umboni woperekedwa ndi iwo
- Musayankhire kuzipempha za banki kapena zambiri zachuma
- Samalani ndi anthu omwe amanena kuti akuimira boma lachilendo
- Ngati ntchitoyo ikuwoneka bwino kwambiri kuti ikhale yoona, mwina ndi
Ngati mukukhulupirira kuti ndinu ovutitsidwa ndi intaneti, lipoti za chinyengo ku Central Crime Complaint Center ndi kuntchito kwanu.
Onetsetsani kusunga mauthenga, maimelo kapena mauthenga ena omwe mwalandirapo monga umboni, monga mabungwe ogwirira ntchito angapemphe zolemba zonse monga gawo la kufufuza kwawo.
Kusinthidwa ndi Christina Michelle Bailey 5/24/16