{"id":8703,"date":"2015-11-02T21:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=8703"},"modified":"2015-11-02T21:05:41","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T21:05:41","slug":"cardiff-student-loses-almost-1000-to-on-line-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/cardiff-student-loses-almost-1000-to-on-line-scam","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff student loses almost \u00a31,000 to on-line scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9084\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o.jpg\" alt=\"Not only money, personal information can also be stolen online.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o.jpg\" alt=\"Not only money, personal information can also be stolen online.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/11\/2524306151_64a30174fd_o-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Not only money, personal information can also be stolen online.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Due to online scam, a Cardiff university student has lost almost \u00a31,000 and the chance of getting the money back is very low.<\/p>\n<p>Lin Xu, a student of Cardiff University, lost the money\u00a0when she tried to book a room for new year\u2019s eve through Airbnb. She booked the room in a hurry and transferred the money directly to the host\u2019s personal account instead of paying through the official web page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it is really hard to book a room for new year\u2019s eve. If you don\u2019t book early, you probably won\u2019t get a room you like. After transferring the money, he didn\u2019t reply to my message anymore,\u201d Lin says. That\u2019s when she realized she was scammed and reported it to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Lin\u2019s card is a Llyods bank card. The staff of the bank told Lin it would take them 5 weeks to investigate because it is Lin herself who transferred the money.<\/p>\n<p>Lin also reported this to International student support, and student adviser Jane Harding told us that things like this are common in the university. She mentioned that it can be really hard for students to get their money back once the money is gone.<\/p>\n<p>She also suggested that especially for international students, online payment can be confusing sometimes so students should be really careful when they paying online. Instead of using debit card, credit card is more recommended, because when you realize you have been involved in an online scam, you can freeze the card immediately and secure your money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff university student has lost almost \u00a31,000 to online scam and the chance of getting the money back is very low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":508,"featured_media":9084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff student loses almost \u00a31,000 to on-line scam - 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