The story really seems to me strange, however it's just a lesson that people should never click on dubious links, because it may easly lead to the same consequences of even worse. Of course, sometimes we have to click on some dubious links, because for example the letter which we got is considered to be pretty significant for us. However, if you see that the link seems dubious as well as the human being who sent you this message, then it's right time to think about whether clicking on this link or not. Nowadays the whole situation with scammers is quite difficult, because there are lots of them in the internet, so we have to be cautious.