2026-04-11 19:24 UTC
Replies (3)
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@tabular@lemmy.world 2026-04-11 20:26
I assume these are internet friends, otherwise yeah just talk at school and discuss the scam over phone or whatever.
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@1D10@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 06:29
It's probably because we tell kids about how dangerous scams are and all the problems that can occur, but we don't teach ways to mitigate the issue when it does occur, the child was probably worried that all of their friends would fall for the scam and everyone would get in trouble, it honestly sounds like she was more concerned for her friends then she was about her discord account. I've had adults act pretty much just like this, they are not well versed in how shit works but hear all the scary stories, so if things go a little wrong it is terrifying.
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@FaceDeer@fedia.io 2026-04-11 19:45
There's been a spate of Discord-based hacking attempts lately, two of my friends have had to do this. They can't get their old accounts back, Discord is basically just ignoring them. Starting new accounts is easy. The hard part is that they also lost their gmail accounts, that's a lot more important for most people to be able to recover. I recommend everyone with a gmail account do the "create an emergency recovery code" thing, print it out and store it somewhere safely off anything digital.