Unfortunately, high technologies designed to improve the quality of life are often used by fraudsters for their own selfish purposes. Very often you can hear about telephone swindlers, who, using the trust of citizens, by deception, extort rather large amounts from them. In order not to become a victim of telephone scams, you should always maintain composure and the ability to think logically, as well as know some simple rules that allow you to recognize a fraud.
Common types of phone scams
You should remember once and for all that the call from your telephone operator will never be anonymous, on the screen in this case should be displayed a well-known short number or just the name: "Tele2", "MTS", etc. Therefore, when they call you from unknown numbers, introducing yourself as your operator and offering to connect Internet or cable television with a bonus discount, by sending SMS to a short number as confirmation of consent, be prepared for a large amount to be debited from your mobile phone account. Naturally, no service will be connected to you.
You should never call your plastic card number and, even more so, its PIN code, even when you are supposedly phoned by a bank with a message that your card has been blocked due to a technical error. Some unsuspecting citizens also manage to go to the nearest ATM and, following the instructions of the “bank employee”, send money from the same “blocked” card in an unknown direction.
If you’ve got a phone call allegedly on behalf of a friend with a monetary request, don’t be too lazy to call him back before transferring any amount, even a small one.
A common scam is to send an SMS allegedly from a friend in a deliberately familiar tone, for example: "Hello, throw money to this number - it’s blocked, I'll give it back tomorrow." And many, strangely enough, transfer money to a completely unfamiliar number, mistakenly believing that some close person got into an unpleasant situation and simply forgot to sign their name in the message.
When you recognize fraud in time and do not become its victim yourself, call the operator of the number from which you made an attempt to trick you into taking action.
