As we know The technology is moving so fast and from that internet scams or online frauds are having competition with Internet Security. From here we will know about the online frauds one by one so to protect ourselves from these type of attacks and to educate other people. Online frauds or internet scams means tricking a person with the intention to get money , credentials , property ,etc.
They are as listed below : -
- Social Media Fraud
- Free Job Fraud
- Gift Voucher Fraud
- Fake emails and messages about Money
- Vehicles Fraud
And now we have listed all the frauds that can be done by attackers on victims so now we are knowing that how these can be performed by attackers
- Social Media Fraud : Nowadays everyone are using social media and kept the information within the social media so attackers can easily get the information about the target. When an attacker is ready he uses his knowledge to attack such as " A person has met with an accident and lost lot of blood so he need to have operation to survive so he is fighting for his life. If you think it is fake just call this number (A bot will be talking or attacker will be taking with voice changer ). So with kindness the other person sends money and the job is done". So understand which is fake and which is true.
- Free Job Fraud : In this type of fraud people will get fooled by fake jobs such as " Bob is giving job to Alice .As we know , From the details giving to job most of the details will be present and which are much useful for the attacker. And attacker might keep some fake credentials page to keep his account links and he easily can get links of social media or some other accounts etc"
- Gift Voucher Fraud : Here Attacker try to convince the victim using the gift voucher scams from famous websites like amazon , flipkart , ebay etc , So then when victim believes that he got a gift voucher and he will be displayed with the credentials page like username and password page of amazon or flipkart etc ....When the victim enters the details then attacker can fully access his accounts. So being careful is better in these types of links and anonymous links.
- Fake Emails and Messages of Money : As the name suggests an attacker try to send the fake SMS or Email to victim as he got the prize money of one Lakh rupee and just to click on this number so he can get it. But victim doesn't what is going on in the background when he click the links . For example ,Always attacker will be trying to attack you ,So just think before you click on a anonymous link.
- Vehicle Fraud : This is mostly like the fake sms and emails about money for instance an Attacker try to convince the victim that a car is available for less price so imitating like to get the offer and convincing the person and person gives his credentials to get the offer so attack happens without his presence .
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