Ways to avoid being scammed!!!

[Dewi Aries]

Nowadays hackers or scammers really always have new way to scam people. And usually who get trapped is who always be curious with anything, reduce our curiousity and keep aware with anything especially who come in email from who we don't know. If me i made different email for wallet and for doing anything online so my wallet email never be used for anything suspicious or not given to someone else. So anything come in email i always aware especially if i don't know the sender because they can put anything in attachment and we can get hacked by it or maybe trapped into phising link, or maybe tempted with anything inside the email which can cause we to get scammed.

[lixer]

1. Mind those who you give your phones to make calls and contacts to people you don't know.
2. ALways be conscious, or better still, avoid connecting with Wifi networks as this is a means of extracting your data.
3. Always remember to log off your personal accounts (emails, social media) etc. when you use public cafe' and
4. Report any problem associated with the loss of any of your financial institutions to your banks.
5. Be able to patiently read terms and conditions before saying yes or accepting terms and conditions sent to you.
   Lastly
6. Be able to cross-check emails sent to your phones regarding your financial statements as the messages are clone to,
    resemble your banks, but rather having slight changes mostly at the middles with one word having different fonts.

It is everyone’s responsibility to protect themselves from being scammed. You have to wise up and know the right things to do and what to avoid. These days I am always careful about the information I put out online, especially when I’m signing up on new websites and stuff like that.

If I am not sure that the website is reliable I make use of an email that is not really my personal email just to protect myself. That’s why it’s good to have a backup email that you can use for maybe signing up on a website that you are not really sure about, that way if anyone should have access to that email they wouldn't be having access to things that are very important to you.

[bitzizzix]

Scams that occur in the crypto world do look simple and obvious but other scams tend to be more complex and sometimes difficult to avoid, and we must be really careful not to do things that are not desirable because everything happens unexpectedly.
and the most common types of crypto scams like fake crypto gifts, trading bot website scams, phishing emails and so on.
to avoid enabling 2FA authentication which is one of the powerful ways to keep my account secure, and not to use the same password for all associated crypto accounts and so as not to forget I copy it on paper and I keep it in a safe place and always log out when I sign in and don't open emails or incoming links I don't recognize, and so on.

[DrBeer]

There is a fairly good concept - in order to deal with something, you first need to understand and identify the real risks, and develop a set of simple rules that must be followed. Perform without paying attention to anything!
But in our country, entities that are not such are often referred to as risks, and then "they heroically fight against the problems that do not exist." Or they start to get very paranoid

Can you really describe what real risks may arise? And describe the ways to neutralize these risks, or prevent them?

[iv4n]

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Can you really describe what real risks may arise? And describe the ways to neutralize these risks, or prevent them?

Of course, you can describe the real risk that may arise! That comes from "knowing the matter"! How to know is one of those things that are easy to say but hard to do... you need to get your hands dirty, you need to heat up your chair... depending on what you want to know!

Maybe ridiculous, but the most simple and effective example would be playing roulette! For people who don't know anything about roulette numbers, colors and lines can be all the same, but they aren't! Depending on where you place your chips (stake) will depend the risk you are taking in order to multiply your chips! Now you can apply this to everything around, but some things can be very complicated to understand, unlike in roulette!

How to spot real risks, how to neutralize or prevent them, comes from the knowledge! More you know safer you can be! It's why we speak about education, everyone needs to learn and learn, and learn more... it's the only way to get to the knowledge!

[matchi2011]

Scams that occur in the crypto world do look simple and obvious but other scams tend to be more complex and sometimes difficult to avoid, and we must be really careful not to do things that are not desirable because everything happens unexpectedly.
and the most common types of crypto scams like fake crypto gifts, trading bot website scams, phishing emails and so on.
to avoid enabling 2FA authentication which is one of the powerful ways to keep my account secure, and not to use the same password for all associated crypto accounts and so as not to forget I copy it on paper and I keep it in a safe place and always log out when I sign in and don't open emails or incoming links I don't recognize, and so on.

having extra securities with both your wallets and your online accounts is the best precautions to avoid scam activities.

It's a must to always make sure that your guard is always up. Scammers like how you describe it can also hide
from its real intentions, there are scammers who create unique ways to perform their activities.

If you don't check it well, there are big possibilities that you'll be tricked and by far you will realize that your account
is being hacked and your wallet is already empty.

Learn how to protect yourself by keeps on updating yourself, there's always information online that will provide info
with possible scamming attacks, be well aware.

[DrBeer]

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Can you really describe what real risks may arise? And describe the ways to neutralize these risks, or prevent them?

Of course, you can describe the real risk that may arise! That comes from "knowing the matter"! How to know is one of those things that are easy to say but hard to do... you need to get your hands dirty, you need to heat up your chair... depending on what you want to know!

Maybe ridiculous, but the most simple and effective example would be playing roulette! For people who don't know anything about roulette numbers, colors and lines can be all the same, but they aren't! Depending on where you place your chips (stake) will depend the risk you are taking in order to multiply your chips! Now you can apply this to everything around, but some things can be very complicated to understand, unlike in roulette!

How to spot real risks, how to neutralize or prevent them, comes from the knowledge! More you know safer you can be! It's why we speak about education, everyone needs to learn and learn, and learn more... it's the only way to get to the knowledge!

I'm not talking about something else a little, but your thought is also useful

I would give an example like this:
We define the risk.
For example: Loss of money in a bank card.
What happens: a fraudster can gain access to your monetary resources and steal them by making a transfer to another card, withdrawing from an ATM, account, exchange, paying for the purchase, ...

What does a potential criminal need for this?
PIN code, access to the banking application, SMS confirmation code, OTP code.

How to counteract:
PIN code - do not give to anyone. ANYONE!
Access to the banking application - DO NOT GIVE ANYONE, add blocking and access to the application by fingerprint, and register the mobile number for yourself (if you have a prepaid and not a contract, this does not allow cloning a card, or greatly complicates such a process).
SMS / OTP codes - never transfer to anyone.

Simple, clear, logical. Try to make such risk maps - and life will become easier and safer

[Tumanggor]

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Spreading scam links in emails is very often done by scammers because it is the easiest way to cast the bait
I always "ignore" messages in my email that doesn't come from the official account (gambling site or exchange, etc)

There are many scammers on the internet who go undercover to be a good person
then don't trust 100% of anything that offers you help or money

[agg2702]

Avoiding scam becomes difficult when greed is at the fore. I just always assume that the goal of business people is the same, namely to reap the greatest possible profit from their business partners. As for companies which offers a maximum profit of 5% of capital is a reasonable level. If it's more than that, I don't think there's any sane business there except trying to trick one of them.

Indeed, because indeed from business people all want to get profits as much as possible and will definitely use their respective ways even though the method is indeed dirty and inhuman.
and perhaps the anticipation especially in online like this is don't believe it too much to anyone here because indeed this is very vulnerable especially with people who only know in the world online other than that maybe we must be more realistic in seeing all opportunities because it is not possible for all forms of business can get a big profit even though it's true there are only a few and will be hard to find.

[milewilda]

Avoiding scam becomes difficult when greed is at the fore. I just always assume that the goal of business people is the same, namely to reap the greatest possible profit from their business partners. As for companies which offers a maximum profit of 5% of capital is a reasonable level. If it's more than that, I don't think there's any sane business there except trying to trick one of them.

Indeed, because indeed from business people all want to get profits as much as possible and will definitely use their respective ways even though the method is indeed dirty and inhuman.
and perhaps the anticipation especially in online like this is don't believe it too much to anyone here because indeed this is very vulnerable especially with people who only know in the world online other than that maybe we must be more realistic in seeing all opportunities because it is not possible for all forms of business can get a big profit even though it's true there are only a few and will be hard to find.

Choosing investment is something that wouldnt really be easy and we know that there are two type of investors which are those who are just new or noob or to those who do have experienced on this world.
Getting yourself scammed do typically or commonly happen when you are just starting up but basically you could really get rid of these things in early basis when you make yourself some research.
There are situations which cant really be avoided because we arent that perfect but because of having some sufficient experience then we could at least be aware on how things
do work and what things should be avoided.

[Silberman]

I have said many times that scammers wouldn't scam you if you don't help them to do so. Unconsciously we are helping scammers, sometimes consciously as well by taking chance. Since we are related to crypto-currency so definitely somehow greedy offers will pop up the front of us. It would happen through social media like Telegram or Twitter or others sources as well. If we respond to them then we might fall into a scam. Even scammers would hack your wallet or device as well. So the first requirement is to avoid scams that don't help scammers by responding to their greedy offers. So you can save your valuable assets.

Correct, victims are partially responsible for their own tragedy, they want to believe there is a way to multiply their money fast without risk and without any effort on their part, when we tell them this is not possible they do not want to hear us as this goes against their beliefs, but when a scammer comes to them with that same speech they believe him, why? Because they want to believe him precisely because that is what they are looking for, only to realize too late that we were right.

[Dragonfund]

Scams and fraud have become a major issue in society, and I've noticed that no matter how careful you are, they will keep coming. The simple thing I keep doing is to avoid and block them in any place I see them.
Some of the recommendations you highlighted are very good, but scammers always go for the trending places because that's where they know it's easier to find the naive ones. The ones you mentioned are outdated, but it's good for reminding people with such things because it keeps them on guard and prevents them from leaving things some things to the public.

[lienfaye]

Scammers are existing because there are still people that can be easily fool and do bite their offer. Thats why as long as there's a potential victim they will never stop taking advantage other people's weakness.

So to prevent ourselves becoming a victim of these scammers, use your common sense and be wise. Dont be fool for such a too good to be true offer, always check the sites and mails that you receive and verify if it is legit. We're the only one who can help ourselves thus if you are not careful you might really end up one of their target.

[ultrloa]

I have said many times that scammers wouldn't scam you if you don't help them to do so. Unconsciously we are helping scammers, sometimes consciously as well by taking chance. Since we are related to crypto-currency so definitely somehow greedy offers will pop up the front of us. It would happen through social media like Telegram or Twitter or others sources as well. If we respond to them then we might fall into a scam. Even scammers would hack your wallet or device as well. So the first requirement is to avoid scams that don't help scammers by responding to their greedy offers. So you can save your valuable assets.

Correct, victims are partially responsible for their own tragedy, they want to believe there is a way to multiply their money fast without risk and without any effort on their part, when we tell them this is not possible they do not want to hear us as this goes against their beliefs, but when a scammer comes to them with that same speech they believe him, why? Because they want to believe him precisely because that is what they are looking for, only to realize too late that we were right.

Victims are denial that they are been fooled by those scammers that's why majority of investors defend those scammers since they think that they are right and they can make them wealthy, we encounter this scenario for so many times and instead they listen if we corrected them we will get bashed and throw out since they all hail the scammers. If this scenarios will still continue provably we can still see more like this well be created since if there's lazy investors willing to give a shot on scam platforms the scammers are always alive snatching the hard earned money of the people.

[Sanugarid]

Must we give a reason for scammers to continue scamming us?

The insensitive increase in scamming activities over the decades has been on the increase in most parts of the world.
People have attributed this increase to several factors and yet, despite the awareness gathered, the trend still strives.

One will be eager to ask ways scammers get this done and the ways are:
1. Through your contacts
2. Through social media platforms
3. Through manipulating your electronic mails (email)

Following the increase in this, it is important and necessary to avoid this by;
1. Always do well to avoid too good to be true messages of you winning a prize for what you are sure you never applied for
2. Emails that are linked with your financial affairs should not be used on almost all platforms and links.
3. When you do POS transactions or purchase, ensure you are conscious there are no smart play with your credit or debit cards.
4. Be updated about the lattest trends and techniques been used by scammers in everyday life.
5. Never let greed control you, as greed makes you prone to been scammed.
6. Mind those who you give your phones to make calls and contacts to people you don't know.
7. ALways be conscious, or better still, avoid connecting with Wifi networks as this is a means of extracting your data.
8. Always remember to log off your personal accounts (emails, social media) etc. when you use public cafe' and
9. Report any problem associated with the loss of any of your financial institutions to your banks.
10. Be able to patiently read terms and conditions before saying yes or accepting terms and conditions sent to you.
   Lastly
11. Be able to cross-check emails sent to your phones regarding your financial statements as the messages are clone to,
    resemble your banks, but rather having slight changes mostly at the middles with one word having different fonts.
N/B: Be responsible and protect yourself from being scammed!!!!!!

Invest in knowledge and wisdom first which is why I agree with your 1st statement " If it's too good to be true, it's not true".Nothing is free in this world and there's nothing such as easy money so always doubt whenever people talk about something like this. Always think about the consequence of your action before you decide what you'll do.

[Pulsar77]

Greed is one of the biggest factors that would cause someone even to be scammed. There are some coins in the market that have the only aim of scamming people. They first seem like a promising project and the price starts increasing a lot. People who are able to control themselves sell their coins before getting caught by scammers. But the other people who are greedy wait for more and more. After some time, scammers cause the price to go down to a very low level and these people lose nearly everything they invested into the coin.

[agg2702]

Avoiding scam becomes difficult when greed is at the fore. I just always assume that the goal of business people is the same, namely to reap the greatest possible profit from their business partners. As for companies which offers a maximum profit of 5% of capital is a reasonable level. If it's more than that, I don't think there's any sane business there except trying to trick one of them.

Indeed, because indeed from business people all want to get profits as much as possible and will definitely use their respective ways even though the method is indeed dirty and inhuman.
and perhaps the anticipation especially in online like this is don't believe it too much to anyone here because indeed this is very vulnerable especially with people who only know in the world online other than that maybe we must be more realistic in seeing all opportunities because it is not possible for all forms of business can get a big profit even though it's true there are only a few and will be hard to find.

Choosing investment is something that wouldnt really be easy and we know that there are two type of investors which are those who are just new or noob or to those who do have experienced on this world.
Getting yourself scammed do typically or commonly happen when you are just starting up but basically you could really get rid of these things in early basis when you make yourself some research.
There are situations which cant really be avoided because we arent that perfect but because of having some sufficient experience then we could at least be aware on how things
do work and what things should be avoided.

it's true that there are beginners and some who are quite experienced but actually in choosing investors, both beginners and experienced, I don't think there is a problem with this because now there are several options for choosing investments so that we avoid fraud, for example choosing investments which are really tested like bitcoin or maybe in altcoins like eth and coins that have really good fundamentals.
besides that we can see a list of ranks from CMC because there are 10 CMC ranks and there can be used as investment material.
which becomes dangerous when there are scammers who offer bogus investments with illogical lure in profits, followed by greedy human nature and believes in it which results in losses for these investors.
I think both beginners and pros as long as they follow things according to the existing flow will not be deceived and there will be no problems in investing and don't bother in choosing it as long as they read a lot and participate in discussion forums like this.

[Natsuu]

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Invest in knowledge and wisdom first which is why I agree with your 1st statement " If it's too good to be true, it's not true".Nothing is free in this world and there's nothing such as easy money so always doubt whenever people talk about something like this. Always think about the consequence of your action before you decide what you'll do.

Emotion is the top most priority to be kept in check to avoid getting scammed.

People in dire need are the most susceptible to be scammed as they are the ones who are looking for that "miracle" to happen, and somehow there is this "you're the 100,000th to visit this page".

And people in this situation has their mind to not function as a calm person would do.

[olib123]

Protect yourself like how to reduce your risk and avoid being caught in a scam.Scammers work hard to get trustworthy.Avoid clicking on links. Don’t believe everything you see. Never share personal information to avoid being scammed.

[AicecreaME]

Must we give a reason for scammers to continue scamming us?

The insensitive increase in scamming activities over the decades has been on the increase in most parts of the world.
People have attributed this increase to several factors and yet, despite the awareness gathered, the trend still strives.

One will be eager to ask ways scammers get this done and the ways are:
1. Through your contacts
2. Through social media platforms
3. Through manipulating your electronic mails (email)

Following the increase in this, it is important and necessary to avoid this by;
1. Always do well to avoid too good to be true messages of you winning a prize for what you are sure you never applied for
2. Emails that are linked with your financial affairs should not be used on almost all platforms and links.
3. When you do POS transactions or purchase, ensure you are conscious there are no smart play with your credit or debit cards.
4. Be updated about the lattest trends and techniques been used by scammers in everyday life.
5. Never let greed control you, as greed makes you prone to been scammed.
6. Mind those who you give your phones to make calls and contacts to people you don't know.
7. ALways be conscious, or better still, avoid connecting with Wifi networks as this is a means of extracting your data.
8. Always remember to log off your personal accounts (emails, social media) etc. when you use public cafe' and
9. Report any problem associated with the loss of any of your financial institutions to your banks.
10. Be able to patiently read terms and conditions before saying yes or accepting terms and conditions sent to you.
   Lastly
11. Be able to cross-check emails sent to your phones regarding your financial statements as the messages are clone to,
    resemble your banks, but rather having slight changes mostly at the middles with one word having different fonts.
N/B: Be responsible and protect yourself from being scammed!!!!!!

These things just require common sense, but I don't get why some people are still falling into it. I guess common sense isn't really that common, huh?

If you have assets in your phones and computers, you should do all the best way possible to keep it safe from hacking, phishing, and fraudulent activities. By doing those, your assets will not be compromised. I notice there are really just gullible people out there that easily believe anything they are offered with. I've read so many posts regarding being scammed and being hacked, and they all have a common denominator - falling into too good to be true scheme and not being careful enough to check what they are clicking. As much as I don't want to victim blame, I can't help but do it since most of them do not really learn their lesson well from the experience of other people and through the warning signs given to them. I just hope there would be no more people to fall victim to these evil scammers and hackers. Secure your funds well and always be extra careful.

For those scammers and hackers out there stealing the hard-earned assets of innocent people, remember that all of the things that you have stolen, you will pay tenfolds more. Karma is a bitch. All of you evil people taking advantage of the good ones can choke.