These times of pandemic, scammers found three new ways to carry out fraud and scams through WhatsApp and social networks.
It is becoming increasingly important to learn to recognize the possibilities of fraud and scams as a tool to protect yourself. And it is that in the middle of the pandemic there are common situations that unscrupulous people are using as a tool to find naive victims.
Modern scams on WhatsApp and social networks
1. The scammer creates a profile of someone using a photo they already have and sends messages to common contacts indicating that they changed their cell phone number. Then he tells them that he is in a difficult situation for which he needs their help. He borrows money from you for an emergency and provides information on where to send the money.
Although at first glance you may think that you would not fall for this scam, there are people who trust.
To protect yourself from this type of action, it is recommended not to send money to any account that you do not know. And before trusting these messages, you must confirm with a call the veracity of the information that they are providing you by courier.
2. These days entrepreneurship is the new economy of many. What opens up spaces to create fake profiles selling products from prestigious brands or stores, connecting them to WhatsApp accounts and social networks, especially Instagram and Facebook. They publish product catalogs and everything seems to be going very well, to the point that they make sales through these channels. The problem is that these products do not exist, neither do stores and of course, the buyer will not receive the object for which they pay.
Verifying the veracity of the profiles is the first step before closing a purchase and agreeing on means of payment.
3. A third scam is related to the previous one, but in this case it affects the seller. How?. The seller delivers or sends a merchandise to the buyer of a product whose sale was closed via WhatsApp, Instagram or Facebook. The buyer confirms the payment through the altered photo of the transfer or check. Of course the money will never come.
It is up to these entrepreneurs not to trust the good faith of people and to verify that the money is actually in their account before sending a merchandise.
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