internet scams Question And Answer
how can the innocent be protected from the email scams and internet fruads?
many were been victimised by the internet frauds like email scams as such , how can its be stopped/prevented and victims be protected from these types of internet fruads and what are the steps to be taken when victimised by these type of internet fruadsters, which rised along with the high technology in this modern generation
Answers
The innocent can never be protected 100%. That's just life. For every new law/regulation/technology to stop online fraud, there will be a smarter theif to come up with a new way of doing it.
The fraud emails saying they are form Ebay, Paypal etc - Common Sense
You need to learn to survive online, and notice thy frauds, just like how you have to learn to interact with peoplein real life.
They usually fall prey to the basic: if it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Some are socially engineered through trickery into giving money but still, people have to learn about the dangers.
As a wise man once said: "Someone cannot take something away from you unless you first give it to them."
In other words, you allowed yourself to be "victimized" by not doing your research and blindly giving (money, bank info, etc) to the fraudsters.
The only protection you should seek is from yourself if you expect others to protect you from your poor decisions.
A majority of victims of Internet fraud are greedy people trying to get something for nothing! Very little in life is truly free and people must recognize this fact. A truly innocent victim exhibits a big lack of common sense, like the ones that respond to phishing attempts.
Here are some basic ways to protect yourself: If the spam email is from a known company such as eBay, Paypal, or such report it to them. Also report spam email to the FTC at:
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
If the link in an email has numbers in the URL instead of a top level domain then its obviously spam. Dont ever give out your password or SS number from a link in a email. You can also learn about avoiding fraud on internet sites at:
http://www.webcashlink.com/articles/work-from-home.html
