Vigilance, awareness, and sound security procedures are all necessary for scammer protection.
Here are some of the finest defences against con artists
Learn for Yourself Your strongest line of defence is knowledge. Keep up with typical fraud schemes and techniques. The more information you have, the easier it will be to spot and prevent such frauds.
Check identities Never give personal or financial information to anybody without first confirming their identity. Request formal credentials and check with the organisation by contacting them through their website or other contact details.
Currently, I am in the process of finding scams in the ANN section of the forum and I have noticed something when newbies get scammed out by fake websites and projects.
When people discover a new project, they quickly download the miner and start mining the tokens/coins of the designated project without even checking if the link/s they have downloaded are safe. Not to mention, lots of newbies often become too hasty with their decisions as they trust almost every message they receive from random strangers.
To sum it all up, prevention is better than cure. Be doubtful for your security. People would ever approach you and tell that they have the secret formula to success but they have their respective hidden agendas ready for carefree newbies.
Remember, nothing is free- everything has a price. Same for scammers- if they claim to have something for free, then be doubtful and backoff.