What should I do if I receive a scam message and ask for money?

You'd better delete it. Once I received a similar text message, claiming to be my daughter, saying that I was arrested and asked me to remit money to pay bail, leaving her alone. I'm not married! The next day, I sent back a short message, "Son, are you back?" Although it's funny, I read an article recently and really regret replying to that message:

Trap 1: download "free" SMS software

There are often many small softwares on the website that claim to send short messages for free. After downloading and installing, users can send short messages to their friends, and the other party can reply directly. But when a friend replies to a message, the service provider will not only charge the respondent free of charge, but also double the charge: 0. 1 yuan SMS communication fee +0. 1 yuan information fee. From this point of view, the seemingly free lunch is actually pulling friends into a trap.

Trap 2: "Free" mobile phone registration temptation

Some movie websites need mobile phone registration to download movies, and prompt that registration is free, or some forums need to register their mobile phone numbers to view the material. As everyone knows, these are all bait. At the same time of user registration, the confirmation code replied by the website is actually to quietly order an information service for the mobile phone, and the service provider will charge the user a lot of money every month. If users don't have the habit of checking phone bills at ordinary times, they may be cheated without knowing it.

Trap 3: The "free" experience cannot be unsubscribed.

It is easy to attract some young people. The advertisement will say that users can get a certain service for one month with a small amount of money or free subscription, but this kind of business does not provide unsubscribe entry or unsubscribe prompt at all, and charges as usual. Others claim that it will not take effect until next month, but the information fee will still be paid this month, and this cycle will continue until next month and will never be refunded.

Trap 4: Camouflage SMS hiding customization

This kind of behavior is the most hidden. The user's mobile phone may receive an ordinary short message, similar to a friend's greeting to you every day, such as: "Where did you eat today?" "I will wait for you downstairs after work" and so on. For these short messages with unknown numbers, most mobile phone users usually reply to them and ask "Who are you?" A reply is tantamount to a trap, and the service provider subscribes to a service with this mobile phone number by default. When users check the bill next month, the phone bill has been deducted, which is the most common scam during the holiday season.

Trap 5: the tariff is vague and attractive.

Many short messages have a tariff similar to 0. 1 yuan/article or 5 yuan/month, but some short messages have no clear tariff in the process of ordering, which leads many users to order high-priced services without knowing it, and it is too late to find out. Therefore, when ordering services, users must see clearly the charges before ordering, and do not order services with unknown charges.

So it's best to delete it directly, or if you can report it.