What are the tricks of online fraud and how to prevent them?

In today's society, there are endless fraud methods. For many people who are new to the world, it is really difficult to stay safe and avoid being deceived. After all, the methods of fraud are now diversified and difficult to guard against, and fraud is also changing with the times. Keep pace with the times and always grasp people's needs and vitality.

Let’s take a look at some of the more common fraud methods:

1. Telephone fraud. This kind of fraud is of course relatively common, and basically everyone has experienced it. This kind of scam usually involves knowing your last name and then calling you brother-in-law or pretending to be your boss. In short, the first step is to gain your trust. Once you gain trust, everything will fall into place easily. You may say that you just need a deposit and you can’t make enough money on hand, or you may pretend to be a classmate or colleague to borrow money, but the amount will not be particularly large, which will lower your awareness of precautions. If you succeed once, you will find more reasons and excuses one after another. In short, you will continue to ask for money.

2. SMS fraud. Fewer and fewer people are texting now. Maybe a few years ago, there were a lot of texting. At that time, I was dazzled by the endless text message scams. Some are links that you click on, but as soon as you enter, your phone becomes infected. If there is important information on your phone, it may also be stolen. There is also prize winning information, telling you which program or activity won the first prize. You need to claim the prize worth 8888, but you need to pay a few hundred yuan for shipping or a deposit first. Others send text messages saying so-and-so, I am your relative. I have lost my mobile phone and changed this number. I need money urgently. I need to quickly wire a few hundred yuan for emergency use.

3. Small advertisements posted on the roadside. Some are some revelations, saying that a rich Hong Kong woman spends a lot of money to ask for a child, 300,000 yuan to ask for a child, and she does not need to be responsible. This type of eye-catching deception. CCTV also reported that there is a fraud village that does this all day long, and it is indeed very effective. It feels like people all over the country are still stupid and have too much money, and indeed many people have been deceived. These generally require a deposit, lawyer fees, contract fees, signature fees, transfer fees and a series of confusing fees. Let you get stuck in it, and by the time you realize it is a scammer, you have already been defrauded of a lot of money, and the scammer's purpose has been achieved.

There are still many deceptions in life, and it is difficult for us to recognize all kinds of deceptions. But we must firmly believe that pie will not fall from the sky, and good things will not just happen to you. We must still be down-to-earth.