A lot of Internet users don’t consider online fraud to be a big problem that can significantly affect their lives. Most of them don’t take the necessary precautions when dealing with strangers on the Web. People may download all types of digital content from Internet repositories, even from illegitimate sites with copyrighted content. A lot of them open suspicious messages in their email client programs, social media networks, instant messaging applications and online communities from complete strangers. They don’t even verify the authenticity of the content of a message or a dubious website before responding to the message, clicking a link or entering their private details.
Some cyber security specialists claim that one of the main reasons behind these habits of so many users worldwide is because they don’t know the extent of the effects of online fraud on the lives of victims. Many of them don’t know that victims have lost more than just money and have ended up with more serious problems than malfunctioning operating systems, corrupted data and misbehaving digital devices.
A lot of online fraud victims end up with huge debts, ruined credit scores and damaged relationships with their spouses, children, relatives and friends. Some have even been wrongfully accused of serious offenses and crimes, while a few end up paying considerable amounts of money as penalties and legal fees. There are a few reports in the USA of fraud victims being kidnapped and held for ransom.
These are the main reasons why you should make it a point to always avoid online fraud during your day-to-day activities on the Web. You should also find ways to reduce your chances of being victimized by these Web crimes and online scams. In case you fall for the newest fraudulent Internet schemes and Web crimes at the moment, then you should also have some contingencies in place.
So, how exactly can you do these things? Well, do you know that you could quickly recognize and safely steer clear from the newest types of online fraud by simply using BigScammers.Com? If you don’t know what BigScammers.Com is all about, then here’s an overview:
What is BigScammers.Com?
Big Scammers is an online community that provides helpful resources for fighting online fraud. Through this website, you can anonymously post scam complaints and file Web crime reports. By doing this, you’ll help agents of various public and private anti-cybercrime organizations in expediting their investigations for tracking down, identifying and persecuting fraudsters and organized crime syndicates to the fullest extent of the law. You’ll also be able to educate others about the tactics and schemes that were used to victimize you, and you’ll also be able to learn from the postings of other users in this Web platform.
How Can Big Scammers Protect You Against Online Scams?
BigScammers.Com also offers a useful feature where you can receive instant email notifications, alerts and updates about the most recent forms of online fraud at the moment. These email alerts are sent out in real time whenever a victim posts a new scam complaint or files a Web crime report in this online community.
Through the user-content repository and resource database of Big Scammers, you can also learn about effective strategies to avoid online fraud and also correct problems resulting from being victimized by the most prevalent Internet crimes today. Many cyber security experts, Internet privacy specialists and agents of software product development firms and device manufacturers regularly post useful comments in this online community.
They also write helpful content materials like news stories, guides, tutorials and tips for reducing your chances of becoming an online fraud victim. Based on the recent posts in Big Scammers, here are some of the most prevalent online scams in the USA today:
Most Common Types of Online Fraud in the USA This 2017
- Phishing Scams – This type of online fraud is designed to trick users into giving away their personal details, private information, identity documents and confidential data. Emails, SMS and private messages through social media platforms and instant messaging applications are sent out by scammers to victimize their target recipients.
Scare rhetoric and fake urgency claims are integrated into these messages, in an effort to force the victim to respond to the message or click a link in the message, which usually points to a fake website. These are clones of popular online banking portals, Web mail platforms, online dating sites, classified job ad sites and the like.
Over the years, a lot of unsuspecting users have fallen for this type of online fraud. Their inputs and uploaded documents have been logged and stolen by the authors of these phishing attacks. These are then used for their other illegal activities online and offline, such as fake identity packages sold in the Dark Web to other criminals.
- Fake Job Offers – This type of online fraud is also designed for carrying out identity theft, though there are some versions that trick unsuspecting job seekers into paying hefty sums of money for fake priority employment placement and processing services. Fake job ads are scattered all around the Internet, specifically in online places where job seekers go to find possible employment opportunities. These include LinkedIn, classified job ad sites and micro job sourcing sites.
- Online Dating Scams – This type of online fraud is where scammers pose as legitimate users of popular dating sites and apps. They then entice their intended victims to engage in intimate conversations with them through the private messaging tools of social media sites like Facebook and widely used instant messaging applications like Skype.
Since this online fraud is mainly an extortion scheme on the Internet, victims are forced to pay huge sums of money due to the threat of exposing their recorded conversations all over the Web. Some fraudsters even threaten to directly send recordings and chat log snapshots to the spouses, children, employers, relatives and friends of the victim, which is why a lot of scammers target married users of popular online dating sites and apps.
So, sign up at BigScammers.Com to learn more about the other types of online fraud that continue to victimize a lot of users not just in the USA, but also in other countries like Canada, Australia, the UK and so on. Also, always remember this mantra – If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is!
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