🤯🤯🤯 Scammed!🤯🤯🤯

Have you ever been scammed? Well I have! I clearly remember last summer when I was bored and I had nothing interesting to do. I was invited by my brother to play Roblox. My brother and I were busy enjoying our creations when all of a sudden a strange player named ‘Goodfriend027’ asked me for my epic hat that I got for 500 robux. I was astonished because I did not know him. At first I refused yet he continued to converse with me and convinced me that we could be friends. I was not sure of that but I still agreed. He said good friends share passwords and phone numbers, so we exchanged ours in a jiffy. I was mesmerized by his avatar!

After a few days, I went to my friend Mike's house. We began playing Minecraft, when Mike abruptly asked me, "How many markers have you collected in Roblox Rida?” “I’ve collected fifty so far,” I replied. As we were chatting, I thought of telling him about Goodfriend027. It felt strange to talk about this new friend. I thought to myself that if I told him that, he would think I am not smart and he might laugh at me. But soon I blurted out telling him all about my new friend online and how he asked me for a hat.

 I told Mike that we shared passwords with each other. Mike made a grim face and said “Rida, did you have to do that!?” I quickly replied in amazement  “Why, we are good friends!” Mike then replied “It takes a long time to become good and true friends. Good friends respect your privacy and never ask for passwords. What else did you share with him?” He also added that he could sign in to my account and take my precious hat.  I turned white with fear. I had also shared my mom’s contact number with him. I  ran home like I had seen a ghost! and murmured to myself, “Grrr! That Goodfriend027 better not take my hat!” 

As I reached home, my little brother, Rohan, was playing on my laptop. He looked at me and said,  “hey Rida! I just found out that your hat is gone.” I was dumbstruck! And when I peered into my laptop, I realized that my hat was really gone! Then suddenly, my mom’s phone rang. I rushed towards her saying, “Mom, someone called ‘Good Friend’ is likely calling’. Mom replied “How did an unknown person get my number?” I replied, shaking like a leaf, “I gave your phone number and my roblox password to a player online!” Mom replied “Oh no! Go change your roblox password immediately and I’ll call the Digital station.”

I quickly changed my roblox password and mom got rid of the scammer. After a few weeks, another scammer tried the same strategy with me. Ha! I’m not falling for this scam twice. I immediately shut the game and blocked the site. I breathed a sigh of relief and advised all my friends to be careful and follow strict safety rules being online. We all promised each other to be responsible digital citizens henceforth.

Article By:- Rida Fathima

Student of Grade 5-B1