Topic: Scam calling (Read 426 times)
I think 2/3 of the world populace has had their own share of this scam in one way or the other and this so called scammers are devicing newer measures to looth from their victims. Getting wiser is just the way to get protected from this perpetrators. Likely you rightly sighted at op "thinking like a thief to catch a thief" getting knowledgeable about their tricks will help detect a scammer one you encounter one.
Lessons/deductions
4. Be friends with suspicion and let curiosity lead the way.
Don't give them the opportunity: even if you are sure you won't take the bait, you can't be sure on where is the bait if you don't know the intentions of the interlocutor. The intention of the call could not necessarily be the one pretended, but to keep you online, divert your attention or who knows.4. Be friends with suspicion and let curiosity lead the way.
In my country, banks offer a deposit insurance service. For example, for $ 20 a year, the bank will reimburse the losses from fraudsters in the amount of $ 1,000.
When the bank employees offered me this, I was at a loss.
I have a friend who is fighting these scammers.
The scammers found out his card number, transferred $ 50 to him and wrote a statement on him that he had received this money in a fraudulent way. There was no statement to the police.
The bank has not let a friend use his account for more than a year
Don't give strangers your card numbers unnecessarily.
When the bank employees offered me this, I was at a loss.
I have a friend who is fighting these scammers.
The scammers found out his card number, transferred $ 50 to him and wrote a statement on him that he had received this money in a fraudulent way. There was no statement to the police.
The bank has not let a friend use his account for more than a year
Don't give strangers your card numbers unnecessarily.
I would say don't even let anyone know about your personal number which is linked with bank accounts and other things that deal with banking and money, scammers via calls randomly target and wait for their prey who are old and illiterate who can't differenciate such things and you know still people are falling for old scam techniques while banks haven't taken any actions against them because the money lost is too small for a bank but for the individual it can be his life saving.
Banks can't put much into the case as money lost is on the part of customers and they have said before hand that bank officials don't demand for any personal details of the client in any case like card pin or anything because they already have necessary details and ask to visit your branch.Moreover it's customer loss not banks so why would they care about it much.Why the hell people share any such details with scammers i don't know inspite of many fraudulent cases being reported everyday.Lack of awareness and greed are two main factors which keep these things going on.I think they need to have proper screening to their depositors since not everyone knows about how all this things works especially on tech side but after the orientation or explanation made by bank officer or the teller then its up to the account owner to learn somethings about how they can secure their funds since they are the one who's handling it. If they don't know even if the explanation is done better if they brought a trusted companion a family member which can help him on these things.
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It has to be the inflow of new members, there's a reason this people are coming into the space now, it's to make money as testimony has proven they can do that in this industry. Now they want to make the money as fast as possible which makes them the perfect target. Just offer them more than the exchanges out their or other genuine platform (project) would and they'll fall victim to your target.
When the targets aren't putting in any effort to educate themselves by not making themselves vulnerable to these scams what do you expect the scammers to do. How smart, informed and educated we got ourselves is what challenge the scammers to try think if new ways to scam but when that challenge ain't there, they just have to recycle their previous scamming strategies and gullible new commers will fall victim.
Scams these days are very easy to spot. When you see a project promising unbelievable staking rewards and ROI, you should just know that's a scam. The doublers are still getting patronized which makes you wonder if the warning all over the internet ain't been seen by this users but that's not true, they see them but just want to be among the first benefactors but end up getting scammed.
I would say don't even let anyone know about your personal number which is linked with bank accounts and other things that deal with banking and money, scammers via calls randomly target and wait for their prey who are old and illiterate who can't differenciate such things and you know still people are falling for old scam techniques while banks haven't taken any actions against them because the money lost is too small for a bank but for the individual it can be his life saving.
Banks can't put much into the case as money lost is on the part of customers and they have said before hand that bank officials don't demand for any personal details of the client in any case like card pin or anything because they already have necessary details and ask to visit your branch.Moreover it's customer loss not banks so why would they care about it much.Why the hell people share any such details with scammers i don't know inspite of many fraudulent cases being reported everyday.Lack of awareness and greed are two main factors which keep these things going on.
As far as I can see, lately, scammers have become lazier with their scams. Don't know if that's because there are a lots of new people in crypto due to us recently being at the top of the cycle, or they are just counting on people being dumb, but it's a lot easier to spot scammers as of lately. With that in mind, it's always smart to be super sceptical.
I would say don't even let anyone know about your personal number which is linked with bank accounts and other things that deal with banking and money, scammers via calls randomly target and wait for their prey who are old and illiterate who can't differenciate such things and you know still people are falling for old scam techniques while banks haven't taken any actions against them because the money lost is too small for a bank but for the individual it can be his life saving.
Banks can't put much into the case as money lost is on the part of customers and they have said before hand that bank officials don't demand for any personal details of the client in any case like card pin or anything because they already have necessary details and ask to visit your branch.Moreover it's customer loss not banks so why would they care about it much.Why the hell people share any such details with scammers i don't know inspite of many fraudulent cases being reported everyday.Lack of awareness and greed are two main factors which keep these things going on.
I would say don't even let anyone know about your personal number which is linked with bank accounts and other things that deal with banking and money, scammers via calls randomly target and wait for their prey who are old and illiterate who can't differenciate such things and you know still people are falling for old scam techniques while banks haven't taken any actions against them because the money lost is too small for a bank but for the individual it can be his life saving.
Thank you for reminding.
;DI often receive calls from scammers. One time they say that I won a lottery, another time that I broke the law, and I responded in a unified way that you have the ability to come and find me at home.
;DI often receive calls from scammers. One time they say that I won a lottery, another time that I broke the law, and I responded in a unified way that you have the ability to come and find me at home.
It is very important that all of us, not only for the newbies, that we are knowledgeable when it comes to different forms of scams. We are all aware how scammers works, some of them are not that good and can easily be identified while some of them keeps on improving as their schemes keeps on getting discovered. If you would choose to disregard all of this, you will be prone and vulnerable to losing your money so always choose to be updated and be extra careful when making transactions with strangers and choose not to trust them easily.
There are a lot of such scams in my country too. If you are asked for a password, I usually say that the password is "fuckyou" dictating by letter.
Of course, there may be accidents or mistakes, then let these people contact technical support or write a statement to the bank that they made an erroneous payment.
You do not need to transfer data and passwords to anyone.
Of course, there may be accidents or mistakes, then let these people contact technical support or write a statement to the bank that they made an erroneous payment.
You do not need to transfer data and passwords to anyone.
Lessons/deductions
4. Be friends with suspicion and let curiosity lead the way.
4. Be friends with suspicion and let curiosity lead the way.
It has been already said, but I agree the best tactic is to be suspicious and, therefore, control your curiosity and ignore or hang up the call when in doubt.
Don't give them the opportunity: even if you are sure you won't take the bait, you can't be sure on where is the bait if you don't know the intentions of the interlocutor. The intention of the call could not necessarily be the one pretended, but to keep you online, divert your attention or who knows.
6. Your safety is solely dependent on you.
Scammers never sleep on tactics. They are always there developing more and more, trying to add new schemes to q fading one. Why should you relax and not see an issue with that. Never live your values unprotected. A loosed end is a weakness, live non.
The last point is the most intacted one as the whole and sole responsibility of your funds depends upon you and scammers are finding new ways to scam you and try to convince you in any possible manner but you need to be aware and have open mind for such calls.It also happened with me once as i listed my bike for sale and received a call from buyer and then the deal was on the verge of finalisation and he was also willing to give as much money I have listed it on without any inquiry which suddenly raised some doubt.Then he asked me to send some amount to his account as he wants to create a channel between us and give him otp afterwards and he will send full payment for the same.This made me sure that he is scammer and i asked him to do the same and he refused to do it.He tried to convince me but when he realised that it was not working he disappeared and never reverted back.I reported him to the official site and also tried to track the details but nothing much.So we can face such issues at any point but our safety lies with us and we need to be careful in this crypto market. Scammers never sleep on tactics. They are always there developing more and more, trying to add new schemes to q fading one. Why should you relax and not see an issue with that. Never live your values unprotected. A loosed end is a weakness, live non.
OP, I like the fact that you wasted the scammer's time. It's a good way to go if you have the time to spare anyway. Most times, scammers don't even stay online that long. They want to cut to the chase or pretentiously drop the call on one in the middle of it so one could call them back. I have had several encounters with them. Believe me, most times it's greed and not paying attention that get people to fall for their obvious tricks. However, next time do send them the OTP they ask for by giving them 914419 or 9491520 (That's the numerical representation of "idiot" from the English alphabet 🙄)
If you receive a call from anyone trying to collect a debt you are owed, hang up, or take the information to a law enforcement agency. Ask the person you are speaking with to provide their name and the name of the company they are representing. Be especially cautious of callers who try to intimidate you into making immediate payment or threatening to contact authorities or to cut off your electricity or telephone service. Those calling wanting money right away are likely scammers. If a company requests that you pay over the phone with a credit card or a prepaid debit card, it is a sign that they may be scamming you. Never provide personal or financial information, including your Social Security Number, to any caller who calls claiming to be from the IRS.
Of course, being silent or just refusing to pick let's say, a suspicious number or an unknown contact is one effective way to avoid being scammed. Then you look again, if you don't take the call, your kept on the sideline on what trick have been developed or adopted by these scammers.
* Ignore the call and the scam scheme prevails
* Take the call and expose the scam scheme and the scammer
It's of most importance to note that, before you take a call, be sure not to comply with what ever suggestion that was going to come off the scammer else, its not worth it. Just ignore if your not that cold and strong headed. There is one thing a scammer believes so heartily and that is, 'there is always a potential victim amongst the multitude, all it takes is to find that potential victim' and with that, they keep trying, numbers after numbers.
So, if you've got time, play along, waste both your times (it should be a spare time by the way, don't stress over it with useful time and energy) and the scammers resources (airtime) as well.
Remember, don't play, if you can't roll!
* Ignore the call and the scam scheme prevails
* Take the call and expose the scam scheme and the scammer
It's of most importance to note that, before you take a call, be sure not to comply with what ever suggestion that was going to come off the scammer else, its not worth it. Just ignore if your not that cold and strong headed. There is one thing a scammer believes so heartily and that is, 'there is always a potential victim amongst the multitude, all it takes is to find that potential victim' and with that, they keep trying, numbers after numbers.
So, if you've got time, play along, waste both your times (it should be a spare time by the way, don't stress over it with useful time and energy) and the scammers resources (airtime) as well.
Remember, don't play, if you can't roll!
Sometimes they're worth my time though, like scam the scammers part. Been there especially on Reddit, telegram and discord but most of them do tend to lurk on telegram. Some of them are hot chick with a bikini or just goddess face, a guy in an office wearing that not-to-be dusted necktie and suit, a crypto YouTuber that probably been lost and saying "I have this service and it's worth it, hire me!".
I wouldn't buy such things these days but if I have enough time for a trolling process I'd gladly waste it for them so they wouldn't jump too fast to approach another victim. There are too many red flags about these guys/gals and they are just that lowlife scums that can't get a life in a legal way.
I wouldn't buy such things these days but if I have enough time for a trolling process I'd gladly waste it for them so they wouldn't jump too fast to approach another victim. There are too many red flags about these guys/gals and they are just that lowlife scums that can't get a life in a legal way.
Thank you for sharing your experience and reminding us not to be fooled.
There are so many scams that I don’t answer calls from strangers now. The scammer will get some of my private information and defraud me of my trust. I almost got caught last time.
You can skip or avoid scammers in different form, before someone is been scammed they most be a notification or interaction between both parties, the only method we can overcome them is through silent, because their is thousands of scammer in social media such as Facebook, Telegram, Instagram even in Reddit platform, so anyone you don't know or whatever is saying is not interesting you, you can block the person immediately knowing that is a scammer, some fall victim because they pay attention to them and with little opportunity they will penetrate you without hesitation, so the best option is to keep them in silent or block the user. There are so many scams that I don’t answer calls from strangers now. The scammer will get some of my private information and defraud me of my trust. I almost got caught last time.
Never put your main phone number on an online site. I don't know how offer on your country, In here my country, everyone can have many phone number (max 3 number) that can be used for dummy. I mean use a dummy number if that very important thing to write it down, If so have called you don't need to bring it up.
Unfortunately, there have been a lot of instances in the past where the phone numbers were leaked from known companies databases. Hence it is advised to always have two numbers. One should not be shared with anyone and should be only used for specific things. The other one can be used for anything. Also, it would be safe not to share any of your phone numbers on public platforms. There are many websites that provide temp numbers that can be used in such situation
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