Online Gaming Scams during Pandemic. How to Stay Safe.

[YOSHIE]

The title of the topic, I took directly from the article, I thought it was very suitable as I experienced: the reason I am tired of deleting incoming gmail from various gambling sites, during this pandemic, which hit the world / including my country., out of nowhere they got personal gmail.

Honestly, so far what I often experience is points 2 and 3, for that I conclude what I experienced I should tell my friends in this forum, to be more vigilant and stay safe while you play online gambling, Indeed many people consider this information trivial, many ignore it, but the effects of the behavior of a scam gambling site are already at full risk.


For that if you experience something like the one below, you should increase your awareness and be more careful in responding to gmail that you don't know which offers various games and things related to gambling.

Link: https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/coronavirus-gaming-scams

7 Tips for online gaming safety
1. Only use official websites for any purchases related to the game. Do not click on links that redirect you to third-party websites.
2. Don't respond to emails or direct message requests asking for your banking, financial, or personal information. Even if it appears to be from the gaming platform: legitimate companies do not ask for details via messaging.
3. Don't share personal information, identifying data, or account information online. Do not share login credentials with friends.
4. Use a strong password for the game login. A strong password is one that is difficult to guess and includes a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, plus numbers and symbols. Avoid using the same password for multiple accounts.
5. Use two-factor authentication. This means that you (and anyone else trying to access your account) will need two pieces of identification to log in — usually your password and your phone number. Typically, you enter your password to log onto your gaming account. Your account then sends a code to your smartphone, email, or using an authentication app. You must enter that code before you can access your gaming account. This extra step makes it harder to hack into your accounts.
6. Never click on any links asking you to reconfirm your password. Instead, delete any email that asks you to update your login information.
7. Avoid using debit cards for purchases. This is because credit cards normally offer greater security protections.

I hope that what I have to say can be more vigilant and more careful in playing online gambling during the pandemic.

Regards.

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[yayayo]

There's a lot of scams lately including which majority are in email phishing honestly turning 2fa was really a good way to make your account much secured. The tips you have given was good but even if all these were already followed let's make sure to be more observant we are not sure what or when the scammers will attack.

ya.ya.yo!

[Oshosondy]

What I just know is that we should be careful online and do not share our data with just any site, we should know that one shared can be used against us, it can even be through data breach of a very legit and strong online platform, that is why it is good to limit the information we share.

Phone authenticator is safe but not as safe as 2 factor authentication through app, though sim swap attack may not be common, but it can occur. The 2fa app is best to be on another device rather than on the device we use to access the online sites.

[yazher]

There are lots of good to be true emails that I received recently as well. those evil people that don't have any conscience on them don't really care about us. as long as they see some opportunity to take advantage of the ignorant people, they will execute their scams no matter how small amount they can get from you. Pandemic is not a reason for them to stop what they are doing, instead, they used it as props to fool others with their fake concerns and offers that are not realistic.

[AicecreaME]

Most scams using gmails are those phising links, they will make a gmail account using the name of the banks you're using or pretend as a customer service of a online gambling site you're playing. So if you don't recall any problems at all with your bank or your account in online gambling site, ignore those kind of gmails because most likely they are just phising links made by scammers.

But you could also sent a message to the legitimate account of the bank or online gambling site you're playing at and ask about the said topic.

[decodx]

There's a lot of scams lately...

Like the one you're promoting in your signature? What about that Adkinsbet scam you were shilling a few months ago?

[avikz]

Being vigilant is the best we can do to save ourselves from online gambling scams.

However, I would also emphasize that we should not trust a very new gambling website popped out of nowhere. If you are a regular gambler, then stick to your regular gambling website which you know and you are comfortable dealing with them.

Testing absolutely new gambling websites may lead to bigger disasters. Also it is important not to deposit a huge amount of money when you are testing out a website. That's what I follow and thankfully didn't fall for any scam till date!

[Mauser]

I have an very old email which I usually use for gambling so I receive a lot of spam and scam emails. Over the last 6 months the number of email promotions increased dramatically. This partly due to the pandemic and the larger number of online gamblers, so casinos want to be more competitive in fighting for new customers. Just by looking at the header of an email we can't really say if it is legit or not. The title and name always look very professional, but there is one way to always check. Just looking on the actual email adress. Scammers usually use very long addresses that sound already fake and are not something like promotions@casino.xyz

[ReiMomo]

Thank you for reminding us about this and it seems not only in online gambling casino that has a scammer, even though on an exchange or any website that has a valuable asset inside that possible can be hacked will need to be careful though.

Regarding receiving an email message that comes from a source and has a link that you don't familiar with, we should be careful about that. Most likely you will receive it in the spam box and I recommend be careful about it.

If there is a new gambling site that runs 2-3 weeks, that's a red flag to us. Never trust quickly unless they had run for almost a year.

[Lorence.xD]

There's a lot of scams lately including which majority are in email phishing honestly turning 2fa was really a good way to make your account much secured. The tips you have given was good but even if all these were already followed let's make sure to be more observant we are not sure what or when the scammers will attack.

Even 2FA isn't effective as it was before so I am not sure if what to do anymore. Good thing that I am really paranoid with my Internet security and so far it's doing great and I haven't been victimized by this gambling related scams. Plus, I don't gamble online anymore so I know that something is fishy when I check my emails.

[Fundamentals Of]

These are very important reminders not just in crypto gambling but in gambling in general. In fact many of these reminders are safety reminders in general which apply not just in gambling but on the overall online experience. For example, sharing personal information online should be avoided as much as possible. Setting 2FA is also very important inside and outside gambling.

Also, these reminders are applicable regardless of whether there is or there is no pandemic.

[swogerino]

Social engineering and phishing attacks were at the roof in the year 2020 because of the peak of the pandemic.Still even in 2021 the attacks are on and going.From many cybersecurity resources I read daily in Linkedin the "user" is the weakest point,no matter what antivirus,firewall,security you have in place if you click the links on your email you,the user pretty much destroy every other defense.I think everyone should take a ten bucks course on online platforms like Udemy and learn computer security basics.

Those points in the first post are really good and as said by OP point 2 and 3 can have bad critical impact on anyone clicking the links in your email.

[pinggoki]

There's a lot of scams lately including which majority are in email phishing honestly turning 2fa was really a good way to make your account much secured. The tips you have given was good but even if all these were already followed let's make sure to be more observant we are not sure what or when the scammers will attack.

ya.ya.yo!

That's right we must practice to always activate our Two-Factor Authentication because by just activating it we will be able to add security on us by just activating this kind of security practices. Including my Email account, twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts is activated by 2fa to ensure the safety of my accounts including all of my gambling accounts by inputting 2fa on them so that if I will be able to login, I will just open my 2fa to get the code that is needed.

[YOSHIE]

Sometimes I get annoyed with emails I receive from gambling sites that I never play and register, many of which I report as spam, but that doesn't stop them from sending again and again.

I have never experienced this, recently I have experienced things like this, this is very annoying for me, as far as I know, I have never sent email to the web that I do not know what else is personal, this is a weird thing to me, it seems like i have to reset everything from email, password, completely confidential and secure, it was a bad experience.

I thought what happened to me, maybe some friends here have experienced it, for that do something really safe for yourself including me, in order to avoid things that we don't want, to be safe and comfortable.

[bitzizzix]

Sometimes I get annoyed with emails I receive from gambling sites that I never play and register, many of which I report as spam, but that doesn't stop them from sending again and again.

I have never experienced this, recently I have experienced things like this, this is very annoying for me, as far as I know, I have never sent email to the web that I do not know what else is personal, this is a weird thing to me, it seems like i have to reset everything from email, password, completely confidential and secure, it was a bad experience.

I thought what happened to me, maybe some friends here have experienced it, for that do something really safe for yourself including me, in order to avoid things that we don't want, to be safe and comfortable.

Yes, I also feel the same way a lot of incoming foreign email including online games and it is very annoying and makes the incoming email messages full fast because almost every day even more.
I also never reply or send emails on unfamiliar websites, and your suggestions are very helpful and I also need to change all my related emails for safety before anything untoward happens.

thank you YOSHIE for the advice.

[Raflesia]

Sometimes I get annoyed with emails I receive from gambling sites that I never play and register, many of which I report as spam, but that doesn't stop them from sending again and again.

I have never experienced this, recently I have experienced things like this, this is very annoying for me, as far as I know, I have never sent email to the web that I do not know what else is personal, this is a weird thing to me, it seems like i have to reset everything from email, password, completely confidential and secure, it was a bad experience.

I thought what happened to me, maybe some friends here have experienced it, for that do something really safe for yourself including me, in order to avoid things that we don't want, to be safe and comfortable.

About notifications from email, it often happens what you experience like me too, but I always ignore it and never click on anything that I suspect, I better go to the website directly by typing instead of searching on google This is according to the safest and only official email, which I usually see what the email message offers, so I will not just click it carelessly, especially during the pandemic, there are now more and more frauds of various types, including gambling, which is very much in demand.

[ShowOff]

Under no circumstance will scammers continue to do everything they can to fill their pocket with fraudulent money. This has happened all the time and their behavior is getting more and more barbaric when everyone in the world is in a bad economic situation during the pandemic. Scammers will never be knocked out, but anyone here sure required a way of avoiding and rendering all their tricks useless. I feel like the tips you shared are something that many people have been practicing for a long time, but are still quite important today.

[uneng]

The email scam attempt is very common nowadays and the tactics used by the thieves become smarter each new day. Something I usually experience are emails asking to confirm or just access my account otherwise it's going to be blocked or deleted from the system. So they provide a link where I should click to follow the procedure, but that is actually the bait.
Thankfully these emails usually arrive in the junk folder, and the sender email address commonly has nothing to do with the specific site they make reference. With some attention it's possible to fully avoid this scam. The problem is that some people become nervous because they have funds on these platforms and fear to lose this money due to the ban the email claims it's going to happen. So they act fast and click the bait.

[blockman]

The 6 is usually being done by the newbies that have the bad intention that joins the forum, asks seems to be a legit question about a certain website, and then tags a link at the end of the discussion. It's dangerous when a newbie account targets actual newbies that don't understand that they're being targeted to give those details to them and lands them on a phishing website. Because instead of deleting it, they're entertaining it out of curiosity. But it shouldn't be entertained anymore as the 2 says do not respond to those types of messages in order for them and us to avoid those situations.

[Eureka_07]

Those that you have mentioned are the general ways on how to be safe on surfing over the internet.  Though some also avoid you to loose some of your money/information.

To atleast be safe playing on online casinos make some background check on the casino you're planning to play at.