Fraud Methods Frequently Seen on Social Media

As if our local fraudsters were not enough, many people are now in trouble with fraudulent messages coming from foreign countries. Especially via social media platforms Scammers targeting their victims trap people by using methods that are very difficult to imagine.

Let us warn you now that Never click on links coming from numbers or accounts you don’t know!

Let’s start with the messages from foreign countries: We had a conversation with these people to give you an example.

Usually working remotely from home daily Money opportunity up to 1500 TL We are sure that foreign fraudsters who claim to offer services have defrauded many people so far.

Actually, as you can guess, of course there is no such thing, and this kind of Video calls and messages from foreign numbers to humans “Where do they get our number?” It made me think many times. While even our numbers are not safe, who knows what other information they have…

After these messages, bots sold for interaction We can understand where it comes from. These tricks, which deceive many people with such job promises and increase their interaction, do not pay you any fee at the end of the day.

Of course, we did not click on these links because, as we mentioned above, clicking on these links all your information It can be taken over by the other party!

Let’s talk about another fraud method… Another fraudster who pretends that a cargo has arrived for you via SMS and asks you to click on the link.

+220 code is located on the African continent to a country called Gambia We still don’t understand how people in Gambia can access our numbers… However, it is an inevitable fact that they send links from such numbers to defraud you.

This is the most common method of fraud on Instagram: A fake account you do not know aims to attract your attention by telling you “message me”.

Generally, these types of fraud methods A lot of effort and well-constructed is happening. Therefore, if you think that someone who sends you such a message knows you, you may be wrong.

Speaking as if he knows you trying to manipulate The scammers’ aim, of course, is to blackmail you, as you can imagine.

Scammers who send you messages through another account, It’s like your private photos are spread all over the internet He aims to stress you out even more by sending you messages. That’s why we said “well-constructed” above, they almost tried to pull you into their networks. He plans everything in advance.

Then we wanted to further this conversation for you, even We even wanted to talk on the phone But the scammers, who saw that we were not manipulated, blocked us…

There are fraud methods not only via Instagram and SMS but also via e-mail.

In general Comes from famous websites Although it looks like a normal e-mail, their purpose is actually to get you to click on the link sent to you. The most common forms of these fraud methods are:“You have a debt, reset your password, pay your subscription fee” The type of e-mails that come to almost every person.

There are even scammers who take this fraud to a higher segment. specific to this topic A statement from the General Directorate of Security even available.

This fraud method Ministry of Internal Affairs, Supreme Electoral Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and General Police Directorate They can also do this by using official channels such as. So what we are saying is to be careful of all kinds of scams. Do not be fooled by links and job postings, especially from foreign numbers.