Tec Stories

5am. I cannot sleep, money troubles haunt over me. I turn on my laptop. The light is blinding me but I somehow make my way onto the internet to check my on-line banking. 'I'm sorry but your on-line banking details cannot currently be displayed'. Oh great that's just what I need I thought to myself. I logged onto my email account and sent an email to the banking company. I sat up in my bed and talked calming words to myself for 5 minutes until my eyes began to feel heavy and I fell asleep.

11am. I wake up and pour myself a bowl of cornflakes sitting in front of my laptop I remember the email I sent regarding my on-line banking. I connect to the internet and go onto my email account when I am attacked by sites asking me to download this and download that. Darn internet! I have all these money worries and at the end of it all I get all these random pop-ups. But wait, this may be the answer. 'Are you currently experiencing money troubles, well here at TGI webdesigns we are in need of a new webdesign agent. So say goodbye to all those money worries and get in touch with us now'. YES! I thought. This is exactly what I need so I decided to ring the contact number for more information. 0845 666 666, ring ring.

11:15am. The woman on the phone sounded very nice and professional making me feel extremely confident about the process. She explained to me how I sounded perfect for the job with my previous webdesign skills I was hired on the spot. She informed me how she was sending me an e-mail. Enclosed was some software which I would need to download for the new, updated tools of webdesign. Without hesitation I clicked download, it was taking its time so I decided to finish my cereal and have some orange juice. By the time I got back to my laptop it had been downloaded. I went onto my desktop and opened the file. So Stupid! It was a Trojan virus which has hacked into my on-line banking account with what little money I had left to be stolen from me.

999. "Police please"