«The terrible accident killed Mom and Dad beautiful 3-year-old girl Nastya, who miraculously saved!They do not ask for money (...) the census, do not be indifferent. "Users of social networks are faced with similar requests for help at every turn.But not everyone can believe this epistle.How not to fall for the bait scams that are engaged in fraud in social networks?How to distinguish genuine request for help from the speculation?
most popular types of letters with requests for assistance or lucrative offers in the social networks.
1. Requests for assistance to children / disabled / retired.Often they are given all the necessary details and updates on the person who needs financial assistance.The message is usually provided with a picture proving the "reality" of the situation, which in fact is not always such.
2. Help animals.This is one of the most effective ways to attract the attention of a sympathetic audience.Messages can be sent on behalf of the well-known animal shelters can be published "post" to help a particular dog or cat that has suffered at the hands of the people.As in the first case are the details for the transfer of money.
3. Free stuff.The report contains a proposal to take away some unnecessary thing (for example, piano) and given a contact number.It is likely that after dialing it balance on your phone appreciably diminish.Sometimes, instead of handing things puppies or kittens, with often thoroughbred.
4. «Freestuff" points, points, bonuses in online games.If you use some applications in social networks, or playing online games, scammers may offer to send you the link and get points or scores in this game.Another option - the message you are called to go to the store's website and get a discount there, for example, 50%.
5. Most often dangerous are suggestions to find out who was looking through your page, check whether you have the traffic police fines, and other database access.You can "secretly" tell that opened a website where you can find out who is viewing your profile.Or offer to check whether you did not forget to pay a fine for wrong parking.The pretexts varied, and speculators do not tire of inventing new ways to trick unsuspecting netizens.
6. It must be treated carefully to the proposals earnings on the Internet, or business promotion.Such messages usually contain job offers no special requirements or offer to untwist your site (with social networks to promote the group, to attract users to your portal).
more dangerous "feykovye" messages in social networks?
First scams need money.Therefore, they can use a variety of methods to obtain them.This can be an open request to transfer the money to the Yandex-wallet or put on a bank account (details of which are specified in the notice).Can work and the scheme of "pumping out" of money from your mobile phone.For example, ask your friend to vote for him in the contest - send a text message.Or a "breeder dogs" distributes purebred puppies for free, need only to call him on the phone said.Send SMS or call to the specified number (and, as a rule, did not get through), you risk to find that your account has been written off a considerable amount of money.
Besides money, cyber criminals may try to take over your account.Ways of breaking pages in social networks a lot.You may be offered the link and get a discount on some items.Or you yourself accidentally clicks on the fake site that looks identical to the present, you will enter your login information, and that the criminals already have access to your personal information.
are common in social networks, and malicious software, organizing the distribution of messages with links to sites infected with viruses.Turning to other sites or downloading any app, you run the risk to catch "Troy," which will block access to Windows, and to release the need to send SMS.In the worst case, the computer will no longer be included, and all of your personal data may be lost.
Scam How to distinguish from this?
1. If you see a "post" on the page of the social network that someone needs your help, do not immediately run and put the phone to a specified amount of money or transfer funds to a bank account.Read the comments under the "declaration".They can not "filter" and then have a chance to learn that some of the users will expose the author of "post".
2. Check the profile of the author who posted the ad.You can also try to find the same social network, where he posted a message, or look for it on other sites.If it is user activity limited to the placement of such messages, a probability we can say that it is a fraud.
3. Copy itself "post" and its data (phone, details) and drive them into the network search engine.If, for example, help the same puppies need for ten months, then you must guard it.You can also come across a message to another user who had once tried to help the author of the ad, but their actions have not led to a positive result.
4. Do not be afraid to be contacted personally by the author.If their profile is open - write to him and clarify the details.You can ask about the reality of the author of his friends on the social network, as if the user "cheat" his friends (add users to the number of friends), then again, there are many chances that it will be a fraud.
5. If the message or "post" signed the name of a shelter, medical facilities, or other organization, not too lazy to contact them directly and specify whether they are allowed these ads.For example, the Relief Fund "Give Life" takes care only through the official website.
6. Pay attention to the pictures.Quality images with high resolution may indicate that they do not belong to the author of "fasting", and have been found and downloaded on the web.There is a way to look the same pictures on the Internet.For example, by going to the page Google, you can click on the camera icon in the search box, and upload a photo, which makes you doubt its authenticity.Finder will give similar results.
7. A good indicator of the target disbursement authors charity "post" is a picture of the check received after the acquisition of drugs or procedures to which and raises funds.Therefore, if no reports on the performance of the author does not, then you should guard it.
8. With respect to reports on the need of blood transfusion: in such ads should indicate specific information about the patient - the city, the name of the medical institution in which the patient, patient data (name, age, diagnosis, or the reason that blood is needed), name of contact person.If these data are not available, and the author does not answer your questions, then trust such "post" is not worth it.
9. Keep the links on how you move from social networks.Especially suspicious looking links to popular resources, the addresses of which have additional characters or, on the contrary, reduced.For example, instead of sending you to odnoklassniki.ru odnok1assniki.ru.
10. Do not install applications that promise you the additional possibility of using social networks.This can be a program, for example, promises "to show visitors of your page" or receive bonuses from participating in the online game.
Zvonova Olga
Articles Source: aif.ru
