Today, almost all men and women are registered in social services. networks. Someone is looking for friends, watching movies and listening to music, while someone is deceiving unsuspecting users. Fraudsters come up with sophisticated scam schemes and successfully apply them in their practice. Increasingly, you can hear stories that the accounts of show business stars were hacked, and their personal information became known to everyone.
Many people mistakenly assume that since they are ordinary people, then scams on the Internet may not affect them. You will not be interested in a professional hacker, but a simple swindler is very possible. It will not be difficult for him to pick up the login and password for your mail or account, get to personal data, and later to bank accounts. Pretty unfortunate situation, right?
The following story clearly shows how you can suffer because of your carelessness.
Creating a Facebook page, Angelina never thought about the safety rules on the Internet. On the contrary, she often replenished the page with various photos with bright moments of her life, talked with strangers and saw nothing wrong with sending someone a copy of her passport or account number. In addition, the girl had a relationship with a young man to whom she sent photos "not for the eyes of others."
After some time, the account was hacked, the fraudster, having discovered the pictures, began to extort money from the victim. Otherwise, he threatened to put all the photos on the Internet for all to see. Angelina began to panic, because no one wants your relatives or friends to see you naked.
Carelessness leads to disastrous consequences. Passport scans sent via SMS can easily intercept rogues and get a loan in your name. In such cases, you need to urgently contact law enforcement agencies and a lawyer.
A dating site is a wide field for the actions of a fraudster. It is here that it is easiest to find a victim, most often a woman who is looking for the perfect partner.
Initially, crooks write polite letters with pleasant content, actively share their hobbies, talk about work.
It is worth noting that the correspondence is conducted without a hint of eroticism.
Further, the interlocutor begins to literally shower the girl with compliments and offers to transfer communication to the social. network or email.
You need to beware if your new friend:
- Stopped telling you how his day went.
- Too compulsively compliments.
- It disappears from the network for a long time without talking about the reason.
- After a short chat, he confessed his love.
- It does not directly answer your questions, but sends spatial answers.
It will be useful for each person to learn about the most popular and favorite schemes of fraud. It is not in vain that they say: "Forewarned - means armed."
After a short communication, the potential groom wants to please his beloved and sends, for example, jewelry.
Then he “accidentally” forgets to pay for the delivery, because of which the purchase cannot reach the addressee.
A man tells everything to his lady and asks to take the payment on himself, because with a personal meeting, he will surely cover all expenses.
As soon as the money is transferred, the admirer disappears without a trace.
This scheme is often used by foreign admirers. After a long correspondence, flattering compliments and praises, the interlocutor offers to communicate through a webcam.
At first glance, nothing reprehensible: the young man wants to get to know each other better, to see his beloved. But, unfortunately, the intentions of men are not always so pure and innocent.
When communicating, the fraudster suddenly “accidentally” breaks the camera and then, fawning, he offers the woman to expose some part of her body or to do other erotic actions.
When the goal is reached, the fraudster reveals his true face and says that he made a video.
He proceeds to blackmail: he demands money, otherwise he promises to put an entry on the Internet.
Women by nature are sensitive creatures, they are always ready to help, swindlers actively use this. For a couple of months they keep correspondence with the victim, make an appointment, buy a ticket. Then everything goes according to the planned scenario: a man is arrested or diagnosed with an incurable disease.
There may be many reasons, but the goal is the same - the money that he asks the future bride.
Often there are imaginary relatives who confirm trouble or illness. A lot of money is involved in such stories, so it’s profitable for scammers to continue sponsoring for as long as possible. In order not to fall for such tricks, remember: never send money (albeit small) to those with whom you personally are not familiar.
New romantic relationships literally "blow" the head of women. After part of the courtship and compliments are behind, the man asks to throw him an intimate photo, or send a video with an erotic dance.
Getting what he wants, a scammer can sell all this to various sites. It happens that a woman does not even guess what happened.
To protect yourself, follow the rules:
- Mindfulness above all. Do not get too carried away and lose your head.
- Learn information about the new interlocutor via the Internet.
- Pay attention to errors in the texts. Our compatriots very often impersonate foreigners.
- Never send candid photos to a stranger, and indeed you should not do this through the Internet.
- Do not give passport details, bank account number, your address to strangers.
- Do not send money to unfamiliar people.
Now you know what types of scams are and how to protect yourself from them. If you were deceived, then do not waste time - contact the appropriate authorities. Now there is a police station where they disclose online crimes. Employees, having checked everything through their channels, will quickly find and punish the culprit.
