New accounts with few friends should always be considered suspicious until confirmed otherwise. Messages from new accounts with few friends. Also a big red flag: a writing style that seems "foreign." Single typo is one thing, but things like the misspelling of names and places are a big red flag. When a message is filled with typos and grammatical errors, you should have your guard up. Messages rife with spelling and grammatical errors. If a message seems "out of the norm" for the sender, trust your instincts and ignore it. Messages that seem out of character for the sender. That the message sender is one who they say they are. Internet users should desist from takingĬonversations off social media platforms to personal messaging applications unless it is absolutely certain, beyond a shadow of a doubt, Someone who wants to take the conversation off Social Media to text, WhatsApp, or email. Winnings, inheritances, lost bank accounts, and reimbursements of money owed. Any kind of "free money" Messenger message, including those involving lotteries, loans, contest Someone is offering something for free. Is who they claim to be, but it's probably also a good idea to never reveal any such information over Messenger at all. Do not reveal any such information, until you're certain the message-sender Numbers and financial information, it should be considered suspicious. When someone sends you a message requesting personal information, especially identification Someone is getting a little too personal. If friends orįamily ask you to help them in an emergency, always call to speak with them personally to confirm that the message originated with them. Any time anyone asks you for money over Messenger, it's immediately suspect. Some common signs to identify these types of Frauds
Donation scams:- Donation scams, which target on gullible persons’ desire to serve a person in need, askįor money on the pretext of helping a needy person, especially in the present times of Covid Pandemic. You'll have to either pay a fee or "refundable" advance or provide personal information such as your AADHAR, PAN, CARD details, etc. It's a contest you have no recollection of having entered and to get the prize, Lottery scams:- Lottery scammers appear as friends or organizations who are thrilled to tell you you've won Or for a friend who is in hospital or met with an accident, and so on and will return the money within one or two days.
SOS Scams:- SOS scammers appear as friend or relative who is in a dire need of some urgent money either for himself
The messages vary, but all are designed to prey on our human vulnerabilities,Į. On the pretext of some urgent help/need(SOS). In either case, the scammer/hacker/ fraudster uses the fake/hackedĪccount to send private messages to the account holder's friends that elicit either money or personal information Or hacks into an existing Facebook account. In this kind of fraud, scammer or fraudster either creates an account impersonating an actual Facebook account
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