He
always borrowed music from friends. Somebody told him about pirated music websites.
Ah, paradise. While he searched hungrily for songs that he always wanted, a
message on right side popped up. ‘Congratulations, You are Visitor No. 99,99,999.
You Won. Just click on this message to claim your prize’. He couldn’t believe
his luck. Quickly, he clicked on the link that took him to a new site which
lured him into sending cash prize of one crore rupees after he filled his bank details.
He did. What he didn’t know was that he would remember his foolishness for a
lifetime.
This
post is written as a part of April A to Z Challenge 2014 under Non-Themed category.
I am doing two posts for this Challenge and Themed posts can be found here.
The online temptation keep hounding us. Moral of the lesson: Never steal someone's hard work and get swayed by cash prizes. I keep getting them on mail..hehe. Nice talk, Jyotsna:) I like the direct and one-to-one tone used and it's a heart felt chat with your readers:)
ReplyDeleteOh yes.. the mails.. how can we forget them. Yep piracy kills a lot of people's hard work. Thanks Vishal. Glad you liked this one :)
DeleteThis is a harsh reality. Such ridiculous ads must be banned. There is another one also circulating'You have won a prize. Claim. This is not a joke'.
ReplyDeleteYes, Usha Ma'am. I know that ad, I have seen it.
DeleteThis is good, Jyotsna. Yes, he wouldn't forget it for a lifetime. I wonder how people fall for it despite repeated warnings,reminders and stories being circulated. I guess greed has no eyes, then !
ReplyDeleteA lot of vulnerable people around I guess. But you nailed it. Greed does not have eyes.
DeleteHaha I have often wondered if people do actually ever fall for that
ReplyDeleteLets hope nobody falls for such scams ever !!
Deletehehehe if the spam messages I got were real, I would have bought the White House.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes a big lesson that will last a lifetime. I am amazed that people actually do get lured by such gimmicks and advertisements!!
ReplyDeleteUneducated and greedy. That's the only way they can fall for such scams I guess.
DeleteApt topic to write abt! Phishing, ransomware, spam mails- most r xposed to these in India & indeed the world! Keep it up! :)
ReplyDeleteHey Jyotsna, U've won Sunshine Blog Award from me! Many congrats! Plz do visit this link: http://amritasabat.blogspot.in/2014/04/w-won-sunshine-blog-award-thanks-namrata.html
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Hey Amrita. Thank you so so much for the award. Accepting it for sure :)
DeleteI panic when I see such messages... Given that my mouse sometimes clicks without my permission, I am really scared.. *got to replace this faulty mouse* :)
ReplyDeletehahaha.. I panic too :P
Deletethe newbies always get trapped. I am more scared of the popups that come up while downloading. I got so much spam and malware installed!!
ReplyDeleteYes... all the spam and malware.. my Antivirus has to work overtime :P
DeleteI have to keep warning my father-in-law not to fall prey to these scams! Scary stuff!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, it is scary for sure !
DeleteThat is why I always tell you, don't fall prey to piracy :p
ReplyDeleteThanks for the warning Amrit. What would I have done without you :P
Deletelol good one :) piracy to prey...!
ReplyDeletehehe.. Thanks Meera :)
DeleteScary! :/
ReplyDeleteYep it is !
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