Best Tips To Avoid Online Scammer

The evolution of the internet makes everything easier for us. There was a time before, we had to wait more or less a month to send a message to others, but what now, it’s all about to type and send done! Even we started thinking about earning from home online, and millions are already grown up a successful career online. We can see the positive impact of the internet around us. But the fact is, you want to grow your online career, or want to use it in your daily life, need to be careful about the internet scammer!

Okay, now you might be started thinking or maybe started searching about it "what is an internet scam!" An Internet scammer is someone who is using internet service or software to take over your personal data, financial detail to defraud. Also known as phishing and spoofing. Scammers do phishing over email, mobile calls, social media platforms, dating apps, or any other methods related to the internet. Either victim loses their money, neither they are forced to pay the money.

So to avoid online scamming, you need to know how they do it. Awareness is your best defense as always!

Here are some common types of internet scams...

Pretend to be an organization: Most of the time scammers pretend to be a government organization or a private organization to contact you. Even they use the real name of the organization to sounds it more real and. And either they show you a fake invoice neither ask for a donation. They request you to keep the conversation secret. Start to pretend like they are is a rough schedule and sense of urgency.

Online romance scam: Online romance or dating is the best place to be connected with your desired one. But scammers use this platform to attempts to defraud.

They start an online relationship with chatting, voice calling but they never share their picture if they then it’s someone else. Their online profile is not like what they said. And even they always show excuses to meet up with you. To blackmail you they might ask you to send intimate pictures or videos after gaining your trust. By the time they started asking about your financial detail and ask for money, gifts. And if you don’t do any of that they start blackmailing or forcing you to pay the money.

Overpayment scam: On your online business scammer buy your advertised product but at the time of payment they send you overpayment more than your charged amount. And after that, they start requesting to pay back the extra amount before the money is available in your account. After your paying back the extra amount, transferred money by the scammer becomes clear and the amount was fake.

Pretend to be your client: Sometimes scammers email, or call you once your old client or a new one and share an invoice with you also ask you to give online payment with their phishing URL. They request you to visit their shared URL and fill in all the required information of your Bank detail to make the transaction done!

Social media platform: Social media platform is the most common scamming medium for scammers. Firstly they visit your profile and check all of your posts and comments to know who is near to you. Then they copy the name, picture, and other basic information of the profile. After that, the scammer sends you a friend request and explains to you it’s their new profile or he can’t remember the old password. By the time either they ask for money neither as of your nearest one ask for your personal information or picture. Sometimes over social media platforms scammers offer to give them money and they will teach you how to earn from home online. But when the transaction is done profile becomes deactivate.

Fake investment website: Another common internet scam is over-investment websites. Scammer develops a fake investment website with some lucrative offers. And advertise to you to visit and invest on their website. Sometimes when you invest they pay you back with huge profits. When you re-invest in them and by the time you found the website is not live anymore and all of your investment is gone.

Even they could scam with price scam, an unexpected job offer with a huge salary, threat or hitman scam, Orphanage letter to donate, Malware and ransomware scam and could be any tricky way.

To avoid defraud from the scammer, you can...

1. With the latest security software keep your computer and mobile up to date. And keep turn on auto-updated of your security software, so that if there will be any new update on the software they become available on to yours too.

2. Set case-sensitive and complex passwords for your computer, mobile, bank account, and even on your social media account.

3. Before paying over the internet check the sender payment URL. And to confirm check the website with that you are going to pay the money. And make sure about the providers that are contacting you for the payment.

4. Do not keep your internet connection open to everyone to get access. Always set a strong password.

5. If you are shopping online, make sure the website is using a secure payment system. And when you are about to complete the transaction check the URL a second time and verify that the website URL begins with https://. If the website is new then read the privacy policy carefully.

6. On online romance before getting close with anyone ask about their identity detail and do a physical meeting with him or her.

7. When someone knocks you on social media and with a new ID, make sure it’s him or her. And if they ask you for any personal information or even a picture call that person for making sure about his or her identity. And be careful about writing too much of yourself online.

8. If you think you have been scammed by sharing your bank information, immediately contact your bank.

9. Never trust any unsolicited emails or phone calls that are asking you to share your personal information, bank information, or ask to give access to your computer or mobile.

Some best security software is Norton 360 deluxe, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Avast ultimate, ESET, and so on.