Topic: Online Gaming Scams during Pandemic. How to Stay Safe. - page 4. (Read 940 times)
Apart from this more number of YouTube influencers are misleading people towards different gambling platforms for their benefits through the ads at the beginning of videos. By this time each and everyone are suffering financially. When people are in need, they easily give a try and few succeed and majority losses. In my view it isn't the right time for those YouTube channels to mislead people.
The more safest thing we need to do to be away on online gaming scam is to play only on the gambling site which is recputable,recommended and been tested by many gamblers for so many years. We have that here and exploring to play due to promotions given is so dangerous so to avoid any sort of troubles might come stick with oldies since they will offer the same gaming experience to us.
But even reputable sites did become scams in the long run, look at 1xbit, pretty sure that they didn't start as a scam website for their ANN thread to last this long because they were once legitimate, my advice is to find out the reputation of the website that you are trying to play on and look if there are tell tale signs from the review if they were fabricated or legitimate.That's why we need to do precuationary measures for ourselves and only deposit the amount what we can afford to lose this is always said by so many forum members which can be say old advice but still effective to easily move on if the casino will scam you. But I think those legitimates are far to become like that since they are earning good revenue on this business so expect that they will do a good service in return.
When it comes to advices then its been told for how many time and majority of those points could really be just able to find out or known with just using up your own common sense.
Scams are common because scammers would really always target or look out into those places which do involve money.So it isn't really surprising at all.
This is the reason why we need to keep ourself consciously everything we made on the internet also to prevent getting into trouble with these scams. If there's any chance to prevent having tons of emails and other credentials given to a website if you have any chance it's better might remove if possible because we cannot say until when we are secured.
Today there are a lot of platforms that require having a KYC for their other layer of security at the same time we cannot remove the doubt of the gamblers but still it's their choice of being loyal to their platform.
As long as the user is the one responsible for the reconfirm of the password there's no trouble with it. But take note if you think it's suspicious get away already.
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7 Tips for online gaming safety
3. Don't share personal information, identifying data, or account information online. Do not share login credentials with friends.
3. Don't share personal information, identifying data, or account information online. Do not share login credentials with friends.
Today there are a lot of platforms that require having a KYC for their other layer of security at the same time we cannot remove the doubt of the gamblers but still it's their choice of being loyal to their platform.
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6. Never click on any links asking you to reconfirm your password. Instead, delete any email that asks you to update your login information.s.
As long as the user is the one responsible for the reconfirm of the password there's no trouble with it. But take note if you think it's suspicious get away already.
All of us that are using the internet most often should learn how to be responsible with our private accounts especially if money is involved in that account. Some of us ignore to secure it just because of the reason that it is only a small amount and no one would take interest in it. Hackers are smart these days and even if your gambling account doesn't have anything to withdraw, that doesn't mean that they won't try to steal from you. Once they gain access to one of your accounts on the device that you are using they will attempt to send you malicious links on the email you used on that account they've hacked. If they manage to get access to your email, they can look in your contacts for more possible victims not just you.
The more safest thing we need to do to be away on online gaming scam is to play only on the gambling site which is recputable,recommended and been tested by many gamblers for so many years. We have that here and exploring to play due to promotions given is so dangerous so to avoid any sort of troubles might come stick with oldies since they will offer the same gaming experience to us.
But even reputable sites did become scams in the long run, look at 1xbit, pretty sure that they didn't start as a scam website for their ANN thread to last this long because they were once legitimate, my advice is to find out the reputation of the website that you are trying to play on and look if there are tell tale signs from the review if they were fabricated or legitimate.That's why we need to do precuationary measures for ourselves and only deposit the amount what we can afford to lose this is always said by so many forum members which can be say old advice but still effective to easily move on if the casino will scam you. But I think those legitimates are far to become like that since they are earning good revenue on this business so expect that they will do a good service in return.
This one I doubt. All cards have equal security. I don't think debit cards are less secure than credit cards. That would be a big issue.
yes, I think so too, but debit cards have advantages and disadvantages, if you use them in transactions, the disadvantages of debit cards are very Most of us don't know that debit cards can be used 'double swipe' unconsciously the debit card has been swiped twice on the computer where you made the transaction and the data has been copied, For that reason, don't use a debit card if you make transactions on gambling sites that we don't know.
Or do you mean something like redirection to other websites when making a payment, where you fill in all the card info in a form and then that form is sent to the frauds?
Why use a debit card in gambling site that we already know how large scammers and hackers that waiting for a bite.
Well, unless the user is unaware of the reputation of the gambling website, that person that you are talking about are stupid, no in-between or any other description but stupid. I mean that's the only explanation as to why they will use a card on a site that has a tainted reputation.
About payment cards, I prefer to use a prepaid one for all the things internet. I only top-up when I need it for the sum of money I intend to use. Never had any troubles that way: I do not wish to expose my cards linked directly to my bank account and I find using prepaid more secure.
The only problem is that prepaid card payments are not available as a payment feature for all users. Most of the time, this option is only available for countries where credit cards are not widely used or bank accounts are rare. In many developed countries, prepaid cards are viewed skeptically as they can be good for money laundering.
I agree to this I think it's much more secure if the google authenticator can be locked because if someone managed to get on your computer they can easily open up the google authenticator app and copy it unlike when it is lock. There's really a lot of vulnerabilities the only thing we can do is to keep our computers clean from viruses avoid clicking anything on websites especially if we are not familiar with this.
Most of the time I don't open the promotions and any other email from the bookies on where I play with not unless that I ask to change password I know that an email will come to my email but any other than that don't open unexpected emails from bookies for our safety.
I do not know if you use 2FA on your computer, I didn't even know that was something, mine is in my phone. Which means they would have to steal my phone to get into the website, which I am sure will not happen because let's face it.. it is pandemic and I am at home at all times Most of the time I don't open the promotions and any other email from the bookies on where I play with not unless that I ask to change password I know that an email will come to my email but any other than that don't open unexpected emails from bookies for our safety.
. So, if someone hacks into my account, even gets my username AND my password, they would have to still get the 2FA which is not available to them at all, they can only try to disable it which would require them to hack into my email as well I think.I believe these days security is at a level where unless you are doing something major that would impact a ton of stuff at the same time for you to get hacked, like both passwords and usernames plus the email plus the phone or 2FA and many other, you are going to be fine. I believe as long as you handle all the things security gives you, you will be fine.
Why use a debit card in gambling site that we already know how large scammers and hackers that waiting for a bite.
Well, unless the user is unaware of the reputation of the gambling website, that person that you are talking about are stupid, no in-between or any other description but stupid. I mean that's the only explanation as to why they will use a card on a site that has a tainted reputation. 
This one I doubt. All cards have equal security. I don't think debit cards are less secure than credit cards. That would be a big issue.
yes, I think so too, but debit cards have advantages and disadvantages, if you use them in transactions, the disadvantages of debit cards are very easy to be misused by irresponsible people, maybe that's the 7th point, don't use a debit card in suspicious transactions, especially on gambling sites that offer certain items.Quote
Most of us don't know that debit cards can be used 'double swipe' unconsciously the debit card has been swiped twice on the computer where you made the transaction and the data has been copied, For that reason, don't use a debit card if you make transactions on gambling sites that we don't know.
yeah , My friend once a victim of that so i am truly aware of those. 
Yeah, these gambling ads can be annoying, and, sure thing, many scams in there. That's why not only I don't respond to these emails, click on the links, but I don't even open them. Why bother? If I want to find an online gambling platform I do my own research, no need for these always good-looking ads. Also, if I see something like that I always mark it as "spam". As a result, many similar emails in the future go to the "spam" automatically. This makes things a lot easier.
I am sure we already get an email like that. So far, I deleted the email directly, especially if the email looks suspicious and looks good to be true. We must filter the email like that so we do not get in the scam because we do not know which email can make us scam. The email provider gives the option to us to filter unwanted email and send it into the trash folder, so it will delete automatically after sending them into the trash folder. We have this forum to find a good online gambling platform, so we do not need to search from the other websites. 
This one I doubt. All cards have equal security. I don't think debit cards are less secure than credit cards. That would be a big issue.
yes, I think so too, but debit cards have advantages and disadvantages, if you use them in transactions, the disadvantages of debit cards are very easy to be misused by irresponsible people, maybe that's the 7th point, don't use a debit card in suspicious transactions, especially on gambling sites that offer certain items.Most of us don't know that debit cards can be used 'double swipe' unconsciously the debit card has been swiped twice on the computer where you made the transaction and the data has been copied, For that reason, don't use a debit card if you make transactions on gambling sites that we don't know.
Lol, all those points are so obvious. You have to be really stupid (or careless) to fall for those scams. I mean if someone emails you or messages you and asks for your personal information and sensitive datas, and you send it to them, then sorry to say, but you deserve to get scammed. I mean this is going to be a lesson for you. I am sure once you get scammed like this, you won't fall for it. Expensive lesson, but totally worth it. Again, if someone uses weak password and doesn't use extra layer of security, then its like that guy is begging to get hacked.
About payment cards, I prefer to use a prepaid one for all the things internet. I only top-up when I need it for the sum of money I intend to use. Never had any troubles that way: I do not wish to expose my cards linked directly to my bank account and I find using prepaid more secure. -snip-
7. Avoid using debit cards for purchases. This is because credit cards normally offer greater security protections.
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This one I doubt. All cards have equal security. I don't think debit cards are less secure than credit cards. That would be a big issue.7. Avoid using debit cards for purchases. This is because credit cards normally offer greater security protections.
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The more safest thing we need to do to be away on online gaming scam is to play only on the gambling site which is recputable,recommended and been tested by many gamblers for so many years. We have that here and exploring to play due to promotions given is so dangerous so to avoid any sort of troubles might come stick with oldies since they will offer the same gaming experience to us.
But even reputable sites did become scams in the long run, look at 1xbit, pretty sure that they didn't start as a scam website for their ANN thread to last this long because they were once legitimate, my advice is to find out the reputation of the website that you are trying to play on and look if there are tell tale signs from the review if they were fabricated or legitimate. 
Personally I don't respond to mails I didn't subscribe to because I know a true website would just bumb into your personal mail without you subscribing to it. But most times the content of this scam sites gets too tempting and would require extreme carefulness and dicipline to over look such adverts before been scammed.
The best is to not use your original email to register on many other sites if possible you got no option than to register. I can not get crypto related email messages because I use completely different email for crypto and I have many of the emails. Though phishing is not necessarily only on crypto emails, that is why we need to also be careful of our email account. Nothing is tempting for people that also known a scam phishing emails, they will not even bother to click on it. Like me, I do neglect many email messages while some might be phishing attempts.
Personally I don't respond to mails I didn't subscribe to because I know a true website would just bumb into your personal mail without you subscribing to it. But most times the content of this scam sites gets too tempting and would require extreme carefulness and dicipline to over look such adverts before been scammed.
The more safest thing we need to do to be away on online gaming scam is to play only on the gambling site which is recputable,recommended and been tested by many gamblers for so many years. We have that here and exploring to play due to promotions given is so dangerous so to avoid any sort of troubles might come stick with oldies since they will offer the same gaming experience to us.
Practicing safety precautions online or offline is a must. Personal identification should be always remain secured since scammers are always creative and they always find new ways to scam people. I never entertain unsolicited messages and never open unknown links online especially when I am using my phone. With just one wrong click all your personal information, credentials and a lot more can be accessed by other people. Even when trying new website I always have a certain alt e-mail for it for security purpose.
So far never been into scam because I only use gambling sites that are trusted and never ever goes onto sites that are new without some good reviews especially in this forum. Here's a few tips on my end:
* Use sites that proven trusted.
* Secure your accounts.
* Don't be too quick to click unidentified emails or too good to be true kind of emails.
* Bookmark those trusted sites.
* Use sites that proven trusted.
* Secure your accounts.
* Don't be too quick to click unidentified emails or too good to be true kind of emails.
* Bookmark those trusted sites.
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