You Might Be A Victim Of This!!!
Almost two-third of internet users find the ways to earn money online and they come to visit several kinds of webpages and platforms as well...
In today’s world, life has become imperceptible without the internet and a person can’t be imagined having not a smartphone or some sort of network connection. But this change has also led to amply frauds and scams. As everyone wants money using or without using the internet, this quest has surged particularly in the internet world, almost every person or say two-third of internet users find the ways to earn money online and they come to visit several kinds of webpages and platforms as well. But this quest also raises various question:
- What is the legitimacy of these earning sources?
- How far they are authentic and trusted?
- Do they have legit licence, or they are scams and frauds?
In this article, you will learn about the worst frauds of
the internet world, and which are still hidden by a lot of people. Although, internet
users take great benefits of this modern technology, and it has eased various
sort of traditional methods including Net-banking, online shopping, money exchange
etc. but as much these make the life easier, they also lead to innumerable
concerns regarding the users’ privacy as well as their security online. A user must
be very careful about the online security and privacy because of a worrying
trend, i.e. online scams.
Bitcoin Fraud or Cryptocurrency Fraud
Internet users, these days are so curious about cryptocurrency
(Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Coin etc.) and eager to invest and trade in this
way so that they can double and triple their amount in just few hours or days.
But if you are the one of those people who want to go through it, then it is
for you, and you will know why’s it’s so easy for scammers to steal our money Cryptocurrency
fraud.
Cryptocurrency is the worst and biggest scam of all time. In
particular, the bitcoin scammers get the great advantage of users giving them
free bitcoin giveaways as this is the most popular and trending crypto. With
the increasing popularity of bitcoin, fraudsters and scammers are taking
advantage of this popularity by victimizing the users in the name of bitcoin
and earning millions of dollars in a few days. These fraudsters make fool
innocent users and newcomers by notifying them that for receiving free
giveaways or making a huge return they must have to spend some money on
registration. The scammers ask you to invest some amount, in particular, to
earn bitcoins in exchange of dollars, euros or other currencies.
So, if you intend to land on any such platform then before
considering it check out this article thoroughly and decide what is safe for
you or what’s not.
How to avoid Bitcoin Fraud?
Before investing on any crypto exchange and investment platform,
it is the most important for you to do a thorough research on it whether it is
legit or not, what the are the experiences of prior users. The research shouldn’t
be limited to some google search results, rather you must visit some social Q&A
platform like Reddit, Quora etc. where you will surely find several experienced
users including victims.
People also search: How to prevent from cryptocurrency fraud
YouTube and Dailymotion videos would also be useful to your
query. Because we have number of examples of the sufferers who have been
victimized by such scams and they don’t have a legal way to file the report
against what they suffered.
Phishing scam:
Phishing is also one of the most trending online scams that caused
thousands to bankrupt. If you receive an email that asks you to log in your
bank account and update details despite it resembles to your bank, or you are
provided a link to redirect you to a relevant page, then it is not from your
bank. You may also receive an email from a random email address who ask you to
provide your personal details and bank account narrating that he or she wants
to transfer his/her billion dollars legacy. Sometimes you might be asked to
reply on the given email address in the receiving email and the sender disguised
a Financial Consultant, CEO of an insurance company, or he/she might assert as
a widower or an employee from a bank etc.
So, before you go ahead with the given process there, you
are advised to read this article before it.
How you can avoid phishing fraud?
- When you receive an email, first check the sender email address, and notice your email is in BCC or To column. BCC directly depicts the sender is scammer, but it doesn’t mean that To asserts the authenticity of the email.
- Check is there any protected sign like🔒 or 🔑is shown right after the sender email address or written something Standard encryption (TLS) etc. if it is not there, don’t do anything told in it.
- If you are provided a link to click on it, never do it.
- Still you are unsure, then find the email domain (@example.com) on Google or legitimate contact number and call the company. Also remember a legitimate company never uses common email domains like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc.
Conclusion:
In short, the online scam involves various kinds of tricks to steal the users’ data and money given multitude links, forms, email addresses even mobile numbers. Therefore, before you consider going through with any of such option, kindly make a thorough research so that you can prevent yourself from being a victim.
