by Collinberg » 08 Jan 2017, 12:24
In this day and age of internet,there are many pros and cons of the internet especially social media,the pros is that you can have a medium of potentially reaching millions of people in a short time,for websites like Facebook,you can also use it as a back-up for pictures and videos because every file you upload would stay there forever unless you delete it yourself.
But lately,devious minds has started using the social media to conduct their illegal activities,cases of people being scammed through social media has spiked within the last few years,so many people has list valuable assets and money because of scammer that ply their trade using social media platforms.
I have been a target of such scans severally but because I already knew these tips which an about to share,I was able to ignore their messages knowing that it's just a scam.these are the tips for spotting scams below...
Ignore Messages Telling You To Come And Redeem A Price For A Promo You Didn't Apply For
This might seem very obvious but people still fall for this all the time,they would give themselves numerous excuses because of the huge cash reward attached to such messages even though they know fully well that they never applied for any promotional offer.
Ignore Stranger Asking You To Contact Them Through Email
The people that usually falls for this kind of scans are usually males because the accounts used for this kind of scam are usually female accounts with beautiful profile picture. When a stranger sends you a private message and drops their email address asking you to contact them for whatever reason,check their profile,you would discover that it is a new Facebook account and the account has little or no personal details.That's a sure sign that it's a scammer trying to reel you in with a tantalising offer.And most importantly,check their friends' list(if they have any)to confirm if they have any family member in their friends list,if it's a scam account,there would be no family members there
Always be cautious about the personal details u tell to strangers,If you have any other tips I might have skipped,you can add them below to help educate other people,the ones listed above are my personal tips that I use to identify scammers in social media.
STAY SAFE
In this day and age of internet,there are many pros and cons of the internet especially social media,the pros is that you can have a medium of potentially reaching millions of people in a short time,for websites like Facebook,you can also use it as a back-up for pictures and videos because every file you upload would stay there forever unless you delete it yourself.
But lately,devious minds has started using the social media to conduct their illegal activities,cases of people being scammed through social media has spiked within the last few years,so many people has list valuable assets and money because of scammer that ply their trade using social media platforms.
I have been a target of such scans severally but because I already knew these tips which an about to share,I was able to ignore their messages knowing that it's just a scam.these are the tips for spotting scams below...
[b][size=150]Ignore Messages Telling You To Come And Redeem A Price For A Promo You Didn't Apply For[/size][/b]
This might seem very obvious but people still fall for this all the time,they would give themselves numerous excuses because of the huge cash reward attached to such messages even though they know fully well that they never applied for any promotional offer.
[b][size=150]Ignore Stranger Asking You To Contact Them Through Email[/size][/b]
The people that usually falls for this kind of scans are usually males because the accounts used for this kind of scam are usually female accounts with beautiful profile picture. When a stranger sends you a private message and drops their email address asking you to contact them for whatever reason,check their profile,you would discover that it is a new Facebook account and the account has little or no personal details.That's a sure sign that it's a scammer trying to reel you in with a tantalising offer.And most importantly,check their friends' list(if they have any)[b]to confirm if they have any family member in their friends list,if it's a scam account,there would be no family members there[/b]
Always be cautious about the personal details u tell to strangers,If you have any other tips I might have skipped,you can add them below to help educate other people,the ones listed above are my personal tips that I use to identify scammers in social media.
[b]STAY SAFE[/b]