A Toronto woman says she feels she was taken for a ride after being billed for an Uber trip ordered on her account that she didn't take — 7,000 kilometres away in Krakow, Poland. Hesp says she thought it was it was a glitch and posted about the ride to the Weird Toronto Facebook group. However, when the ride ended, she says she got an email with a bill for the equivalent of about $3.75 for the ride. (CBC)A phishing scam, he explains, usually begins with an email telling a person their account has been compromised. When the user goes through the steps, they inadvertently give away their password, giving the hacker the keys to their account.

Source: CBC News October 24, 2016 00:22 UTC