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101 Online Survival Guide Part 1
Tonight after work, while idly surfing the internet from the comfort of your favorite chair, whiskey in his hand, reflecting on how technology has made life oh so simple, a cunning criminal back on the other side of the information highway is busy setting a trap for you that will end up costing your life savings and a huge blow to his ego.
The irony is that life is the scammer has become very simple by technology. Your not so much …
Internet fraudsters have become sophisticated criminals who operate in different areas on the Internet. Some countries produce Online scammers like McDonalds make hamburgers. A swindler operating from Nigeria in Africa is almost impossible to arrest and trial in California in the U.S..
We the experience of several days attempts of swindlers trying to access our online dating services. Fortunately, we have one of the best selection and approval processes everything. The credit card is not stored on our sites.
To date we have not had any problems although there are many, many documented cases of victims This type of fraud.
It could have been several attempts to enter their bank account online. You may not be aware of these attempts failed. That is, if you have failed.
Scammers more information you have about the most convincing of their scam. It really is a game of information gathering and use of her to deceive an ordinary person.
The information collected can be used to send fraudulent emails that point to a website imitates his website online banking. You will be amazed at the similarity between the con man is back and the real.
Using your mail removed from the bank (which is in the garbage) spoof can even include amounts that have been deducted from his account of the making of the scam even more believable.
The email looks like the official letterhead of the bank and the "From" address seems correct. The screen looks exactly the same as your online banking screen.
Because users are not educated in reality all they are in a legitimate website or not, can be easily deceived by an expert con artist.
Still I think it's much easier for a penalty in the cup of the victim when the victim is walking down the street. Anyone can steal a weapon, and therefore have to be very tired as to where you walk and when you walk there.
To steal someone online, on the other hand, is difficult. Fraudsters have to be skilled to some degree. It requires a much softer, more intelligent approach to the criminal jurisdiction.
The user feels safe on the Internet at compared to walking down a street at night and therefore he / she acts carefully.
The average person usually seek one or two signs of confirmation to approve the site as OK rather than look for signs to dismiss the site as fraudulent. These signs can be faked with a little research of the fraudster.
You are responsible for normal to have 30 minutes of his life to educate themselves on how to avoid becoming a victim online. It requires that you start looking for evidence to show illegitimacy rather than showing signs of legitimacy.
Straight and gay dating online in South Africa and the U.S. has exploded in one of the largest platforms social interaction on the Internet in recent years. Unfortunately, online dating sites has become the tool of choice for online scammers.
Scammers trick growing online dating users in providing them with money, plane tickets, identification documents (safety social / ID) and the documents used for identity fraud, such as opening credit accounts in their local retail outlets and then running huge bills on their behalf. Therefore, it is also important to search for online dating sites or community sites with the profile approval procedures, which eliminates a decent percentage of what would be scammers.
Online dating scammers like to use online users and the confidence to seduce and cheat in order to obtain information from their victims.
In England, for example, you can request a birth certificate if you are in possession of very little information about another person's life. The certificate can be used to apply for a passport. Drug traffickers and other criminals use these documents to commit crimes under the name of the victim.
Did you Imagine being arrested at an airport for smuggling drugs, while on vacation?! For an Internet con artist is the perfect place for fishing this type of information. online scams is the ultimate international crime. There are very few barriers between you and the scammer.
When using your credit card, insurance, on page correct web.
Read all the letters in the address bar. The page where you enter your credit card is usually a third party, for example, a bank well known online site card processing. When you enter your card details, it sure the address begins with "https:" rather than "Http:". The "S" signifies a secure line.
Make sure that the URL in the address bar is spelled correctly 100%. Google the address to be 100% sure it's legitimate.
Once the data from your credit card details are entered and submitted, notice how that is returned to provider's site. This ensures that the seller of the operation and management of card data security are separated and amplified.
Set limits credit properly and make sure that the configuration alert that notifies you of activity in their accounts. There are few things worse than losing $ 100 000.00 which incorporated over 20 years in 20 minutes. With a strategic limit to suit your spending needs you will be safer in case of violation.
Do not trust in emails that point to web sites where you have to enter your credit card details or passwords, rather go to the website as you always do.
Do not trust an email, especially if it appears to be from the security account at your bank. Even if the link in the email looks legit, no trust her.
Remember to online media, what you see in front of the screen (the display) is not what is behind the screen (the code).
If you receive an email asking for your password online, the phone the first bank using the telephone. Do not use the number provided in the email. The scammer may be on the other end of this line.
It's amazing how many people have yet to email asking them to reset their passwords for online banking!
The purpose of this article is not to discourage you from doing business online, but rather to motivate you to start inquiring about online safety.
My opinion is that doing business online is safer, more profitable and less time to do otherwise. Has to be done correctly however.
About the Author
De Wet is an internet security expert, software developer, full time consultant and owner of various straight and gay online dating sites in South Africa, such as www.gayonline.co.za and www.socialcity.co.za
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