Methods that fraudsters use to scam people

[Alohadanc3]

Yes. In this market and this whole world a lots of scammers are spreading their net. The first two trick is very common. But there are many other ways theybuse. One of the most used scam trisk is pishing. They make a similar website of some trusted website. And through email or sms they push it. Plus they are everywhere. They are in playstore app ,they are in browser extension. The only thing we can do is to take things very carefully.

[lousie9]

there are various methods that are done by Scamers, one of the methods that we often see in forums is mainly through the ICO project. on the other hand some kind of airdrops, Telegram Bot. we often find it here, and out there are still a lot of scams that we don't realize, such as browser extensions, fake wallets on Playstore, etc. so, the conclusion is that scamers have many methods to fool their victims.

[Impacto]

Most definitely the easiest way is through the SMS and many people fall for this alot. It's better to just contact any customer service of whichever company they claim to be instead of rushing to do anything immediately. They will tell you is not from them. First thing is to be very sure of where it's coming from.

[tbterryboy]

1. KYC Fraud

Behold, Any body can just contact you claiming they are bank executives or customer service officer from your bank and asked you to share details to complete KYC, they will actually first tell you that your account isn't safe anymore, this have proven to works on innocent people most times.

2. Fake SMS

This days online shopping can be very dangerous if you don't go through right channels, secondly you can get fake SMS about any online shopping cash back and you will be asked to share your credentials, ATM card details etc

3. Public Charging Spots

Abstain from charging your phones from any public charging spots, scammers can use some kind of chips that installs malware or spyware's on your phone while charging, this chips copies your sensitive data and inject the malware, automatically they have access to your phone, you can lose private keys this way, even every single  passwords on your phone. instead you are better off with power banks.

Lol, that first option you have there, KYC Fraud, it was rampant last year and there were lots of people that fell for it and lost their money. I got such a call from them and they were asking for some of my bank information; they claimed they were from my bank and would block my account if those information were not given lol.

I told them that I would be coming to the bank location to submit whatever documents and information they need, but they keep insisting that I say it on the phone. And when I refused, they started to insult me and I also fired back at them lol. People really need to be careful these days. If you get such a call or message, just go to your bank straight and show it to them, stop giving out your information when you're not sure of who you're giving it to.

[ttcsalam]

Adding this list won't hurt:

Phishing email scams
The Nigerian scam
Greeting card scams
Bank loan or credit card scam
Lottery scam
Hitman scam
Romance scams
Fake antivirus software
Facebook impersonation scam (hijacked profile scam)
Make money fast scams (Economic scams)
Travel scams
Bitcoin scams
Fake news scam
Fake shopping websites
Loyalty points phishing scam
Job offer scams
SMS Scaming(Smshing)
Overpayment Online Scam
Tech Support Online Scams

You can read the detail here

Also don't forget the cryptocurrency fork scam where they needed us to enter our private key to get the said fork coin.

I found a lot of useful information from your post. It will benefit many people, including myself.It would be great to know how to avoid these scams. What is the way to get rid of the problem?

[South Park]

Scammers use public charging spots for scamming? That's certainly a new one. I guess soon we'll be no where safe. Aerial malware attacks, even when offline will be the new trend!!

This is why they are so dangerous, I have known of this kind of attack for a very long time and that is why I take my precautions, but since smart phones were never really intended to be really secure hackers and scammers have many ways to get access to our coins, which is why I do not have a bitcoin wallet installed in my smart phone and if one day I decided that it was necessary I will take many precautions and I will only carry with me the bitcoin that I had planned to use at the time.