Haxx0rd + Shinies
After work this afternoon, as I'm getting into my car and calling home like I usually do at that time, ma tells me there's a message on the answering machine from our bank, regarding charges on my bank account. So I call the bank's hotline number and ask them why they called.
Someone hacked my bank account.
Apparently, some shithead hacked into my checking account sometime this morning and has since racked up several expenses, from stocks to Skype, on my account. Thankfully, most of them were credit transactions, so most of the charges were "placeholder fees" of a few cents, except for the fifteen-dollar Skype charge. So they filed an identity theft claim, deactivated my debit card and said they would mail me a new one. The charges will most likely be cancelled somehow, and thankfully all these expenses started piling up AFTER my thousand-some dollar tax return was deposited into my account this morning.
Nothing beats being tired after a nine-hour workday and immediately being told that someone hacked into your bank account. It could have been worse, though. It could have been hacked BEFORE I paid for a full tank of gas, and before I got my tax return (which would have left me with no money, no gas AND a bounced fee charge).
In more awesome news (and the single thing that made my day much better after that ordeal), I've struck a deal with Oos to get a bunch of Shiny Pokemon. After some trading, I am now the proud owner of:
Shiny Gengar
Shiny Raichu
Shiny Noctowl
Shiny Bronzor
(Why, yes, the shiny Gengar's name IS Morty, and the shiny Bronzor's name is Lucian.)
Someone hacked my bank account.
Apparently, some shithead hacked into my checking account sometime this morning and has since racked up several expenses, from stocks to Skype, on my account. Thankfully, most of them were credit transactions, so most of the charges were "placeholder fees" of a few cents, except for the fifteen-dollar Skype charge. So they filed an identity theft claim, deactivated my debit card and said they would mail me a new one. The charges will most likely be cancelled somehow, and thankfully all these expenses started piling up AFTER my thousand-some dollar tax return was deposited into my account this morning.
Nothing beats being tired after a nine-hour workday and immediately being told that someone hacked into your bank account. It could have been worse, though. It could have been hacked BEFORE I paid for a full tank of gas, and before I got my tax return (which would have left me with no money, no gas AND a bounced fee charge).
In more awesome news (and the single thing that made my day much better after that ordeal), I've struck a deal with Oos to get a bunch of Shiny Pokemon. After some trading, I am now the proud owner of:
Shiny Gengar
Shiny Raichu
Shiny Noctowl
Shiny Bronzor
(Why, yes, the shiny Gengar's name IS Morty, and the shiny Bronzor's name is Lucian.)