The processes to prevent scam.

[Onyeeze]

We have series of scam flying around the internet space and wants to be aware that scam are everywhere and anyone who is into any kind of investment neither online or offline should know that this method can help us not to be victim of scam, especially those people who receive email or any other messages from unknown people, maybe most people have not being scam before at with this quoted article they can safeguard their accounts and other things they have that makes use of passwords and other security purposes.
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1. Secure your accounts:
Use strong, unique passwords:
Create passwords that are difficult to guess and use a different password for each online account. Consider using a password manager to help generate and store strong passwords.
Enable two-factor authentication (2FA):
2FA adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of verification, such as a code sent to your phone, in addition to your password when logging into accounts.
Review your privacy settings:
Regularly review and adjust your privacy settings on social media and other online platforms to limit the amount of personal information available to others.
2. Protect your devices and network:
Keep your software updated:
Ensure your operating system, web browsers, and other software are up to date, as updates often include security patches that address vulnerabilities.
Use security software:
Install and maintain reputable antivirus and anti-malware software to help protect your devices from malicious software.
Secure your Wi-Fi network:
Use a strong password for your Wi-Fi network and consider enabling encryption to prevent unauthorized access.
Be cautious on public Wi-Fi:
Avoid accessing sensitive accounts, like banking or email, on public Wi-Fi networks, as they may not be secure.
3. Be wary of scams:
Be skeptical of unsolicited messages:
Scammers often use email, text messages, or social media to try to trick you into revealing personal information or clicking on malicious links.
Don't click on suspicious links:
Never click on links in unsolicited messages or emails, especially if they ask for personal information or prompt you to download something.
Verify the sender:
If you receive a message that appears to be from a legitimate organization, such as your bank or a retailer, take the time to verify the sender's identity by contacting them directly through a known and trusted channel.
Be cautious of urgent requests:
Scammers often try to create a sense of urgency to pressure you into making a quick decision without thinking carefully.
Be wary of requests for money:
Be extremely cautious of any online requests for money, especially if they involve unusual payment methods or are unsolicited.
Report scams:
If you encounter a scam, report it to the appropriate authorities, such as the Federal Trade Commission (.gov) or your local law enforcement.
4. Educate yourself:
Stay informed about common scams:
Keep up-to-date on the latest scams and fraud schemes to better recognize and avoid them.
Learn how to spot phishing attempts:
Understand the tactics scammers use to try to trick you into revealing your information, such as using fake emails or websites.

[Y3shot]

What also leads people to scam is greed. When people are greedy, they find it difficult to reason and make some research to know how reliable what they are planning to get involved in is. Greed makes one lose patience, and any offer from scammers will be so fast to grab, thinking that if they waste any time, they will lose the opportunity of getting the money.

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

[CryptoHeadlineNews]

Those are good points you just outlined above regarding measures to preventing scam generally, but however, when it comes to the crypto space, i think the measures of avoiding scam are a little bit much deeper than usual, most especially the common p2p scam that have been noticed going around for a few months now, whereby p2p vendors will deliberately cut your payment and claim it was a mistake, and in such scenario, if you are not alert enough to confirm your payment before releasing fund, you tend to lose that money that may have been cut off. Hence, it's advisable people always confirmed payment when using p2p before releasing funds, because it is the most common crypto scam going on this period.

[Ever-young]

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

You're absolutely correct. And the problem with some of these folks is that they wouldn't even acknowledge their actions as being greedy, they'd rather see themselves as people who are taking risks. I have a friend who is so deeply into Ponzi schemes, he'd always jump at every single earning opportunity without first conducting an extensive research to know whether it's actually legit or not, and when he's asked, he'd say that he is simply taking risks and that life is all about risks, that's usually his comment when you try to talk to him about the dangers of his actions.

[George Edward]

These are quality good points .The issue of scams is spreading very fast, and every day they come up with new strategies to scam people. And if you've noticed quite well, they are very convincing. As long as you don't know the person, that should tell an individual that they shouldn't engage with them.

Because these days, nothing comes for free, especially money. And when you fall for it, instantly you become a victim of scam, and that is something you can't go back from. You will only have pain and regrets.

[BIT-BENDER]

Just run a quick search on this topic here in this forum and you will find many post that you will find very helpful.
Scams are happening at an unprecedented level right now but as simple as securing yourself and not being greedy can keep you in the safe position.
In between except you want to add something unique but post like this are so many on the forum already creating another one is just another way to spam the forum.

[Perfectbaby]

As investor or cryptocurrency trader we should be very careful with our passwords because it's one of our keys access to our investment/ account and if we aren't careful when compromised we may lose everything that belongs to us, so it's important to be security conscious when dealing with cryptocurrency and also online related of a thing not to lose guarded for any reason. When we use a Strong password we make it that good for us to secure our investment and our trading accounts.

[Solodoski]

What also leads people to scam is greed. When people are greedy, they find it difficult to reason and make some research to know how reliable what they are planning to get involved in is. Greed makes one lose patience, and any offer from scammers will be so fast to grab, thinking that if they waste any time, they will lose the opportunity of getting the money.

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

You are very correct,  the main reason for people been scammed is greed. I always tell people that if you are content and not greedy you will never fall for any scam.
Imagine people that fall for ponzi schemes, my question is how do they believe that you just give money to someone and you get double or triple the money in some days or weeks. They never bother to ask what investment they will invest their money into for it to generate such profit. The answer is greed, they only see the profit they want to make and don't bother to ask questions. So my advice will be don't be greedy and you might escape being scammed.

[Makus]

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

You're absolutely correct. And the problem with some of these folks is that they wouldn't even acknowledge their actions as being greedy, they'd rather see themselves as people who are taking risks. I have a friend who is so deeply into Ponzi schemes, he'd always jump at every single earning opportunity without first conducting an extensive research to know whether it's actually legit or not, and when he's asked, he'd say that he is simply taking risks and that life is all about risks, that's usually his comment when you try to talk to him about the dangers of his actions.

That's basically correct, I also have friends who do these ponzi, but in my case they are aware of the fact that these are scam but also with the knowledge that it pays off for the first few persons so what dey do is dedicate their time to catch some of these ponzi schemes early so they'll get payed and exit the platform immediately. To be honest they have been doing great but there are also times we're after they put in their money the entire system crashes, but when I ask they always tell me that they are still in profit irrespective of their recent loss. Well I've not been a fan of these kind of things being aware of the fact that it's scam and will crash someday.

[Ever-young]

That's basically correct, I also have friends who do these ponzi, but in my case they are aware of the fact that these are scam but also with the knowledge that it pays off for the first few persons so what dey do is dedicate their time to catch some of these ponzi schemes early so they'll get payed and exit the platform immediately. To be honest they have been doing great but there are also times we're after they put in their money the entire system crashes, but when I ask they always tell me that they are still in profit irrespective of their recent loss. Well I've not been a fan of these kind of things being aware of the fact that it's scam and will crash someday.

While that's true. The fact still remains that you just won't be able to know exactly when it'll crash, some believes that it pays off the first few persons, but how then would you know you're actually among the first few, how would you know you're among the first comers and now the other way around, this uncertainty makes Ponzi schemes very risky, and there are actually those that targets everyone, even those that are newcomers, so it's best to stay away completely from such high risk investments.

[Mr Reporter]

I think many have fall victim of this issues as time passes by the roles of been greedy in falling pery to scam, particularly ponzi schemes its indeed a crucial factor as people often get lured in by promises of unusually high returns with little to no risk, nowadays investor fail and neglect to make research or investigate the investment opportunity throughly, leaving us vulnerable to scam pulse greed can also clouds our judgement, causing us to prioritize short term gains over long terms consequences. Mostly i no we are human beings we are driven by what we see at times we might over look red flags or ignore our intuitions which might be leading to poor behaviour and bad decisions making for our self.

[osasshem]

You have made a good outline of some important things to take note of, and that's very helpful, but they are more like one taking his/her security features seriously. Most or majority of these things you've mentioned are more of security consciousness than scam avoidance.

For instance, a published advert sent with all forms of geniue gestures by SMS or email, but having some lack of reality. A situation where someone wants to make an investment or invited to invest with them in a geniue platform and end up getting into the wrong one with a little mismatch of either website name or something very slightly different.

P2P is another instance, where an advert of high bid is made, when the actual price is not up to such an amount, and the rules of trade goes with "release your coins before receiving payments to your account"  and similar situations.

[CryptSafe]

It is true that scam activities are on the rise, and as such, crypto traders and enthusiasts need to take caution while dealing so they are not victims of such. However, it is good on daily basis we update our knowledge with the new tactics used by scammers because it is obvious that they device new scam methods to get at their victims and having knowledge of such keeps one ahead of them.

Nevertheless, one of the major mistakes made by people is the issue of clicking on links they have no idea who sent them, coupled with the issue of downloading apps because it was recommended by somebody they know, and if you find out, most of them recommending apps for download also have no knowledge of what they are downloading and another issue is also the fact that most people download apps from random sites and they fail to do their research before engaging.

However, if one follows the steps as listed by OP, the rate at which people get hacked and scammed would reduce, and maybe the self-awareness would increase because of the consciousness of every crypto enthusiast in the space.

Take your asset safety serious!

[abaeze]

 It is very important to set aside greed if you don't want to be scammed by scammers because greed makes every offer look real and gives the impression that one doesn't need to miss the opportunity.

When some people come across a scam, their instinct tells them it may be a scam, but they have the confidence to take a step to try what it is all about, thinking that if it is eventually a scam, they will be able to run from it. However, in the end, they still get scammed.

You're absolutely correct. And the problem with some of these folks is that they wouldn't even acknowledge their actions as being greedy, they'd rather see themselves as people who are taking risks. I have a friend who is so deeply into Ponzi schemes, he'd always jump at every single earning opportunity without first conducting an extensive research to know whether it's actually legit or not, and when he's asked, he'd say that he is simply taking risks and that life is all about risks, that's usually his comment when you try to talk to him about the dangers of his actions.

That's basically correct, I also have friends who do these ponzi, but in my case they are aware of the fact that these are scam but also with the knowledge that it pays off for the first few persons so what dey do is dedicate their time to catch some of these ponzi schemes early so they'll get payed and exit the platform immediately. To be honest they have been doing great but there are also times we're after they put in their money the entire system crashes, but when I ask they always tell me that they are still in profit irrespective of their recent loss. Well I've not been a fan of these kind of things being aware of the fact that it's scam and will crash someday.

I have a friend who invested in such a Ponzi scheme and told me to invest there too but when I told him about these things that these are scam projects then he told me that this is not really a long term investment it is a short term risk if I make some profit from this platform I will get out of this platform but later it was seen that although he made profit in the beginning due to his excessive greed he invested more money there and later it vanished. Although later he did not talk to me about this matter because I made him aware earlier. Actually those who are involved in these things even though they see it as an investment I think they do it out of gambling addiction because they know that it can be a scam in the future.

[DaNNy001]

Keeping yourself educated is the most important thing, every other thing is inclusive in this...if you keep yourself educated you'd know how to use your device properly and the things you should avoid in order not to get scammed..scammers use ads to defraud gullible people, its not wise to click on every add that pops up on your screen especially the ones that would direct you to a site asking for your personal information, some are even bugs that can get info your device.

[Onyeeze]

Keeping yourself educated is the most important thing, every other thing is inclusive in this...if you keep yourself educated you'd know how to use your device properly and the things you should avoid in order not to get scammed..scammers use ads to defraud gullible people, its not wise to click on every add that pops up on your screen especially the ones that would direct you to a site asking for your personal information, some are even bugs that can get info your device.

Actually education is what we need, but most of the people that's being scammed are educated, if someone can scam Donald Trump who is a usa president that means nobody is exempted in scam, we have to understand such scenario of scam, the thing is that we have to be careful in anything we do that related with business neither online business or offline business we need to be careful of it, because in investment we have to open our eyes and also read articles that relate with scam so that we can be aware of scam

[Yablee0]

Keeping yourself educated is the most important thing, every other thing is inclusive in this...if you keep yourself educated you'd know how to use your device properly and the things you should avoid in order not to get scammed..scammers use ads to defraud gullible people, its not wise to click on every add that pops up on your screen especially the ones that would direct you to a site asking for your personal information, some are even bugs that can get info your device.

Actually education is what we need, but most of the people that's being scammed are educated, if someone can scam Donald Trump who is a usa president that means nobody is exempted in scam, we have to understand such scenario of scam, the thing is that we have to be careful in anything we do that related with business neither online business or offline business we need to be careful of it, because in investment we have to open our eyes and also read articles that relate with scam so that we can be aware of scam

Actually, education is not what determines you been Scam free, prumument men has been scam even degree holders also, is just all about you not falling victim of it, and also doing all that is expected from you by putting all the necessity in place like the strong password, two factory verification and all that.

However, scammers has there different format of doing there fraudulent activities, hence you know their patterns and technic you are at least one step ahead of them.

[rachael9385]

Everything is inclusive in self education, a lot of people for fall scammers because they are not knowledgeable about certain things and some of them are not ready to learn, the reason why I'm saying that Is because we live in a digital age now when information is free and there are informations on the internet about everything you need to know about protecting your device, assets and things that a lot of fraudsters are after. Knowledge is free but the problem is that's lot of people are not willing to be enlightened.

[Versatile_choice]

I'm very much concern in this educational aspect because there are some scamming strategies that is very obvious yet people still fall for this type of scam simply because they're not educated, so is very important for one to be well educated in a particular Field before he or she will think of making any move. Although even those who are well educated also get scammed but I can't possibly say that is due to lack of knowledge but Greed" those who are greedy always find it heard to turn down offers whenever it is giving to them, at first they will know that such offer is too good to be true yet they will still want to give it a trial to see If it will work, which is very wrong, so is good to be  sure of what we are doing and not just doing it due to the reward that we are not even sure of.

[Stepstowealth]

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I dun read the article and you dey correct, thank you for sharing the article. One thing I wan mention na say these scammers na humans , dem nor be ghost. Dem be people wey dey around us, dem be our neighbors, our friends, some even na our brothers and sisters direct. Wetin I dey try talk na say we need to dey extra cautious of even people wey you know, just as you dey cautious of strangers.