Caution: phone scammers!

With the development of cellular communications, telephone fraudsters also intensified. Ways of deception grow like mushrooms after a warm rain. Sometimes criminals are so persuasive that even spicy people who have heard about telephone scam come across their tricks. In order to protect yourself against huge expenses, let's once again remember the most popular ways of deception.

Call me back!

Phone swindlers using this method act in different ways. They either dial your number and after 1-2 calls drop it, or in a hoarse voice they say: "Hi! How de ... "- and interrupt the phrase in mid-sentence. Most often, we call back on the number. In the first case because it is interesting. In the second, because we are sure that we did not recognize the familiar. The ending of such a "chime" is understandable: there is no money left on the phone. By the way, sometimes telephone fraudsters do not call, but they send a message with a request to call back or a question: "How are you?"

The call center operator speaks to you

In this case, the phone scammers are represented by the operator "Beeline", Housing, Ministry or whatever. With a mechanical voice they read phrases about new, very profitable services and offer to connect them without leaving home. The result is the same - goodbye, money!

Preferential tariff

Especially effective in cities with a large number of emigrants. They are offered to call home at a reduced rate. Needless to say, people enjoy using "benefits" with pleasure, the operator does not get any money, and the owner of the phone "gets" for a large sum.

You won a prize

These phone scammers may introduce themselves as DJs from radio or television. They happily report (in conversation or using SMS) that you won the car (TV, phone, ticket). You only need to call back to the specified number or send SMS. All. No money.

Your salary card is locked

I almost got caught by this trick myself. On the day of receiving the money (!), The message came: "The bank reports that your card is blocked for technical reasons." To change the pin code, call the number or go to the link. " The fact that the number of another region, I noticed at the last second. Naturally, the call to the bank confirmed that nothing has been blocked from me.

Your son was in trouble

Very old, but still effective fraud. On the phone, it is reported that your relative has been in trouble, and only a large amount that he needs to bring to the aid of him can help him ... And they are taking money away!

Take care of yourself

You can still enumerate the ways of extorting money from phone owners. But it is better to enumerate the basic rules of behavior that will help save a lot of money.

1. Never call back and do not send sms to unknown numbers, even if they are not four-digit.
2. If you can not wait to call back, first "hammer" the number in any search engine. There you can find more than one list of phone scammers, they are published quite often.
3. Do not be greedy. Remember that even in a mousetrap there is no free cheese, the mouse pays for it with life.
4. Having received a message about a relative in distress, first call him back, and you will be sure that they communicated with rogues.
5. But if you were deceived by phone fraudsters, where to turn? In the nearest police station. They simply have to accept your application and conduct an investigation.