“How the hell did I fall for that trap?
Am so stupid to have falling for that crap, I was warned, now look at me, I have lost everything due to my greediness.”
Am so stupid to have falling for that crap, I was warned, now look at me, I have lost everything due to my greediness.”
This and many more things/questions are usually what will be
running through you head especially when you realize that you have been
scammed.
In our everyday aspect of life, we get to improve in
everything that we do. The skilled worker gets to improve his/her skill every day.
The trainer and trainee get to improve their skill every day. In sports,
swimming for example, I don’t need to tell you what it will take for you to
beat Michael Phelps whom we all know
is the fastest man on earth when water is concern. In romance, if there is no
improvement, especially in the aspect of you being the man then OYO IS YOUR CASE as a Nigerian and as a
foreigner, YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
The scammers as well are not lacking behind, in fact they
are improving daily at a speed that is faster than light J. You have them in
every aspect of life. They are there to scam you in the morning, afternoon and
night. They are ready to use their kids, their wife and their life to scam you.
In fact, if they have their way they will not hesitate to turn the table to the
opposite direction and by that I mean they will be willing to use your wife,
kids, house, job and every other thing you can think of especially those that
matters to scam you to scam you.
The question here is why would I really take a lot of time
just to learn how to dupe or scam another person, inflicting so much pain to
the life of others just to be happy?
What is Scam?
Scam is a deliberate act done with intention to fraud a
business or scheme that takes money or goods from an unsuspecting person. The different types of scam available or
commonly found worldwide can be seen below:
Online Survey
Scams
This are sites that tells you they will pay you a certain amount of money to complete a certain task to a certain level before you get paid. I use to be a victim of this, after much hour spent to hit those target. The site all of a sudden becomes “Not available when you try to log into it for your money”.
This are sites that tells you they will pay you a certain amount of money to complete a certain task to a certain level before you get paid. I use to be a victim of this, after much hour spent to hit those target. The site all of a sudden becomes “Not available when you try to log into it for your money”.
Experience:
My experience has made me understand that survey site owners usually do this so
as to get the information of their client (especially the email address) so
they can start bombarding them with emails later. So I don’t do online survey
anymore except when am hundred percent sure of the origin of that site.
419
419, a general name given to scammers in Nigeria. They are so bad that their blood runs in the vein of the world and as a matter of fact, every Nigerian outside and inside the country is regarded as one (Na true talk be that. 419 is corruption and every Nigerian currently is corrupt except proven otherwise). 419 will give you the impression to expect something big (money) when a deal is struck with your money involve and when they lay their hands on that money of yours, they become invisible, their phones can now be found in the middle of Sahara desert. They just evaporate easily.
419, a general name given to scammers in Nigeria. They are so bad that their blood runs in the vein of the world and as a matter of fact, every Nigerian outside and inside the country is regarded as one (Na true talk be that. 419 is corruption and every Nigerian currently is corrupt except proven otherwise). 419 will give you the impression to expect something big (money) when a deal is struck with your money involve and when they lay their hands on that money of yours, they become invisible, their phones can now be found in the middle of Sahara desert. They just evaporate easily.
Donation Scam
A lot of people create creates donation sites asking for donation to help solve the one problem or the other which can be either illness, motherless homes and lots more. The problem here is to identify the real one as lots of them have been created to scam people.
A lot of people create creates donation sites asking for donation to help solve the one problem or the other which can be either illness, motherless homes and lots more. The problem here is to identify the real one as lots of them have been created to scam people.
Phishing
Here e-mails sent are sent to you with pages that directly look like that of your bank asking you to perform one action or the other. Most people get scared when they receive this mails and are in a rush to perform the action required for them to do as indicated by the scammer.
Here e-mails sent are sent to you with pages that directly look like that of your bank asking you to perform one action or the other. Most people get scared when they receive this mails and are in a rush to perform the action required for them to do as indicated by the scammer.
Advice
When you see such mails, click on the page and carefully look at the address, you will see it is pointing to another url. For example, it will be pointing to www.mumu.com instead of your bank address.
When you see such mails, click on the page and carefully look at the address, you will see it is pointing to another url. For example, it will be pointing to www.mumu.com instead of your bank address.
Catfish
Here people create fake online profile in other to deceive people and make money from it.
Here people create fake online profile in other to deceive people and make money from it.
The Long Con
This is a technique use by scammers to target individuals or companies and gain access to information and bank account.
This is a technique use by scammers to target individuals or companies and gain access to information and bank account.
The Puppet
Under this, scammers are posing as you, friends, authority figures and are using that against your friends, fans and love ones. The puppet happens to be the easiest way scammers can actually use to get to your friends especially when they pose with pictures of someone you respect so much.
Under this, scammers are posing as you, friends, authority figures and are using that against your friends, fans and love ones. The puppet happens to be the easiest way scammers can actually use to get to your friends especially when they pose with pictures of someone you respect so much.
Other tricks used by this scammers is that they:
- Get you to agree.
- Persistent phone calls, text messages and e-mails.
- Fake websites.
- Incredible offers of easy money.
- Claim to be professionals.
- They become your friends.
When you get involve in things like this especially when you
are not to sure or you suspect some foul play around it, go ahead and:
- Do a lot of research with Google. If you ask Google about the scheme it will give you solution of which you can even read about other people’s comment.
- Share it with people especially those you can trust to an extent or go ahead and share it using a technological platform. You will surely see someone who will give you a nice advert.
- Never you go to a Western Union or bank and start transferring money to someone you barely spoke with on the phone. The anxiousness to make that money is there but it is your duty to control it, not allowing it make you do things you will later come to regret (when your eye don open).
- Look for proactive approach to solve all this things.
- Remember, this is just a guide and am sure it is more than enough to help you identify and track to know the right things to do
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