Event 83 — Alexandria: Received Fake West Virginia Travel Link (Fall 2022)

SLII: Digital Compromise, Life Invasion, Intimidation, Interference

Excerpt (bullets)

• Whereas before the person I formerly had a long-term relationship with had no interest discussing travels, this time mentioned travel lottery where would win trip by signing up through link.
• He texted the link.
• Clicked on link—only saw West Virginia tourism website, no mention of lottery.
• Sent that link to computer where also didn't work.
• Know now most likely fake link to hack into phone and computer.
• Both behaved differently after that day.
• Photo: West Virginia Tourism Website

Full Narrative

In fall 2022, whereas before the person I formerly had a long-term relationship with had no interest discussing travels this time he mentioned a travel lottery where I would win a trip by signing up through a link. He texted me the link. I clicked on the link to only see the West Virginia tourism website. No mention of a lottery. I sent that link to my computer where it also did not work. I know now that it was most likely a fake link to hack into my phone and computer because both behaved differently after that day. The lure of a prize was the entry point for digital compromise.

Category Codes

• DIG.PC (Malicious link for device compromise)
• DIG.PHN (Phone compromise via fake link)