Tuesday 7 August 2018

the lottery

no, i didn't win although last week i won $10.40.  i didn't spend it all at once.  i get my weekly saturday lotto ticket online because sometimes i used to forget to get it, i'd buy several weeks at once and wasn't sure when it ran out.  anyway, online was easier.  they take the money, a very small amount by the way, out of my bank.  it usually works quite well and i get an email or two to tell me that i have a ticket for the next week and the transaction was successful.  well, this sunday there was an email telling me my account needed attention.  i logged in and my account was suspended.  i had to ring them.  it turns out that someone tried to log into my account for betting which i don't use.  the manager said it was most likely a robot.  so....  i had to change my password, see my post here about passwords.  i've just started using my new system for passwords and i'm not sure how successful it is but it seems to be working so far.  i must admit i did have the same password for a lot of sites which is not a good idea.  so beware, there are robots out there stealing your details.  the internet has a lot to answer to