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Telecom Scam Targets Smartphone Users

雙十一電信詐騙

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Telecom Scam Targets Smartphone Users
取貨騙取小額付款
As smartphones become more and more powerful, it has become more and more convenient to perform certain tasks on the handy devices.
隨著智慧型手機的功能越來越強大,在這些好用的裝置上執行特定的工作也越來越方便了。
more and more越來越多perform(v.)施行、表演handy(adj.)=convenient方便的、便利的
Unfortunately, that’s also the case for telecom frauds.
遺憾的是,對電信詐騙來說也是如此。
fraud(n.)詐騙=scam=deception、fraud跟deception是各種騙、感情、名譽等等、fraud更是指規模大、非法意圖更明顯
Many smartphone users recently reported experiencing a phone scam during the Double 11 shopping spree.
許多手機用戶最近提到他們在雙十一購物節中上當的經歷。
shopping spree(n.)瘋狂購物、spree(n.)短暫放縱、drinking spree喝得痛快
According to the Legal Affairs Bureau of the Taichung Government, victims were informed through text messages that their online orders were ready to be picked up.
根據台中市法制局的說法,受害者收到簡訊,通知他們網購的商品已經可以取貨了。
victim(n.)受害者were informed被動pick up領取、搭訕、接人、無意間學會技能
After they clicked on a link in the message, a web page popped up and asked them to enter their verification code and phone number;
他們點下訊息裡的連結後,就跳出一個網頁,要求他們輸入驗證碼和電話號碼。
click on點觸link(n.)連結pop up突然出現verification code驗證碼、verify(v.)驗證
it turned out that performing that action enabled micropayments.
這個舉動原來會開啟小額付款。
turn out結果enable(v.)使能夠、be able to能夠micropayment線上小額付款、micro-小、microbiology微生物學
Victims then instantly received a message from their iTunes account saying they had spent NT$1,490.
受害者會立即收到iTunes傳來的訊息,說他們花了新台幣1490元。
instantly=immediately馬上(which said)
Many people provided their personal information on the phishing page because it looked like the official page of Chunghwa Telecom.
許多人在那個釣魚網頁上提供個資,因為那個網頁看起來就像中華電信的官網。
provide(v.)提供phishing page(n.)網路釣魚頁面、(phone+fishing)
Officials say victims should save all the text messages as receipts so that they can ask iTunes to cancel the charge later.
官員表示,受害者應該將所有簡訊當作收據保存起來,之後才可以要求 iTunes退款。
receipt(n.)收據charge(n.)收費
The lesson here is clear: don’t click on any fishy links!
這個新聞給我們的啟示很清楚:不要點擊可疑的連結。
clear(adj.)清楚明確fishy(adj.)可疑的

📚 重點單字片語

telecom=telecommunications
電信公司
scam(n.)
詐欺、欺騙(跟金錢有關)、an insurance scam保險詐騙
target(v., n.)
以…為目標、標靶
more and more
越來越多
perform(v.)
施行、表演
handy(adj.)=convenient
方便的、便利的
fraud(n.)
詐騙=scam=deception、fraud跟deception是各種騙、感情、名譽等等、fraud更是指規模大、非法意圖更明顯
shopping spree(n.)
瘋狂購物、spree(n.)短暫放縱、drinking spree喝得痛快
victim(n.)
受害者
were informed
被動
pick up
領取、搭訕、接人、無意間學會技能
click on
點觸
link(n.)
連結
pop up
突然出現
verification code
驗證碼、verify(v.)驗證
turn out
結果
enable(v.)
使能夠、be able to能夠
micropayment
線上小額付款、micro-小、microbiology微生物學
instantly=immediately
馬上
(which said)
provide(v.)
提供
phishing page(n.)
網路釣魚頁面、(phone+fishing)
receipt(n.)
收據
charge(n.)
收費
clear(adj.)
清楚明確
fishy(adj.)
可疑的
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