Internet and mobile communications is not just a fancy signs of modernity, they came into our lives long haul, it will greatly facilitate communication. Computer literacy spreads age limits: a two-year toddler confidently moves his arm, and his octogenarian grandmother willingly communicating with friends on social networks. However, a lot of positive qualities of such a connection is fraught with a lot of traps. The scammers of all stripes are trying to capitalize on the ignorance and gullibility of users. Ways of deception in the network are vast. How to protect yourself from this?

Classification of methods of cheating online

The great schemer Ostap Bender, the teacher scams of all time, knew about four hundred relatively honest ways of obtaining money from the population. Since then, the so accelerated that fit ideological fighters for the moneys to take lessons from a local bottling speculators.

Came SMS

Anyone may unexpectedly receive a short message on your mobile phone that close had an accident and he urgently needed money. On behalf of the law enforcement officials alleged fraudsters appointed time and place of the meeting, where to bring a considerable amount to a criminal investigation into the accident has not been initiated. Fun counting on surprise message on the willingness of families to send any amount to save a loved one. In 99% of such SMS and calls - fiction.

Tip: Do not succumbing to panic, you call on the phone of a relative, and to clarify where it is at the moment, everything is in his order.

A new kind of telephone fraud - SMS supposedly from the mobile operator, who asked for confirmation that a mobile phone is all right, or notifies you win a large sum, tours, car and so on. You need only send an SMS to a short number. The most educated decision in this case simply erase the message. Any message to the short number is very impressive money.

Send SMS could be politely ask and on the Internet, for example, when downloading files for faster downloads. No acceleration of the user receives, while his bill would be a few tens of rubles easier.

Spyware is designed to jealous spouses or curious citizens: fraudsters asked to send SMS Price of ten-thirty rubles for confidential information about calls and messages. In fact, for such an SMS with the accounts jealous scammers are easily removed from the above five hundred rubles, no information, of course, not telling.

In social networks, hackers, hacking passwords, on their behalf, send out letters of different content, the meaning of which boils down to one thing: come SMS to the short number. Often fall into this trap of people for whom the person whose virtual image of the network came under the hand of speculators is unquestioned authority. How can you refuse a friend, a loved one, a relative? At the same time, few analyzes the situation and asks himself the question - whether he sent a similar letter asking. The greedy crooks, the less they collect the catch: from naive users simply do not have the hundreds of rubles or dollars in the account, which is automatically removed when sending of short messages. Often gullible saves owners the following phrase: "You have insufficient funds in the account."

Looking for a job

It is very unpleasant kind of deception in the network: a man puts on a solid resume about job search portals How to hide the search for a new job from the boss To give the letter to your e-mail box with a job offer. With the opening of the letter run malware simply a virus that binds secret code all the information in the computer poor fellow.

A little later, frustrated by all means she receives a letter from a blackmailer with a proposal to announce interpretive code for certain very considerable reward. Again scammers hit to the heart: it is difficult to suspect a trick, since the applicant is waiting for proposals from the recruiters.

This type of fraud has serious proportions: such "letters of misfortune" send on behalf of the alleged owners of forums, social networks, portals and websites, where registered users, leaving their contact details to the public. Many major Internet sites when users log warned not to disclose personal information to strangers.

Tip: never place the contact details on websites and forums in the comments and questionnaires. Never disclose letters from unknown senders never unpack unknown files, not to enter the network without installed anti-virus software.

Jeanne Pyatirikova

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