Internet fraud is a criminal liability.
Internet fraud is not a new problem. Today, there are more and more scammers on the World Wide Web, the theft of money from electronic wallets, virtual accounts or bank cards is happening more and more often.
The main sign of an attempt to deceive you is — very tempting offers that should immediately alert — high earnings on the Internet for an hour of work, unrealistically fast enrichment, low prices (in online stores). Next is any requirement to send an SMS or enter a phone number. In addition, this is the entry of personal data, namely the provision of personal data, which can only be provided on official resources (Public Services), payment systems (Webmoney, Qiwi, etc.).
How to cheat on the Internet. Especially relevant in recent times are:
• Creation of various lotteries and contests, where registration of participants is required, indicating the full personal data used subsequently to commit theft. Scammers create a page under the guise of an official state lottery (sometimes it is a stand-in site), where online tickets are sold for a small fee. Bright photos of expensive prizes, supposedly prepared for the winners, attract a lot of people who want to try their luck, but all the money goes to scammers. Subsequently, such sites are deleted.
• Earnings on the Internet — here scammers offer job vacancies, and are asked to make an initial investment via the Internet in exchange for full instructions on earnings, for the funds listed, you receive a letter with general recommendations on employment, ordinary spam or simply does not receive anything.
• Financial pyramids — you will be offered to deposit money for the sake of profit, which consists of contributions from subsequent participants. This scheme is directly provided for by criminal law as a separate type of fraud. Here criminals will offer you to create your personal account to display the status of your virtual account, which in turn will grow. At the same time, you will be limited by the rule according to which you will be able to withdraw the amount from the account if you reach a certain level, and at a certain moment the site will stop working.
• Social networks — scammers hack social network profiles and messages are sent on behalf of "friends" about the need to transfer a certain amount of money.
• Online stores — scammers offer various goods on condition of prepayment, later the buyer receives a parcel with a lower quality product or completely empty, facts are known when the parcel is not sent to the buyer at all.
How not to become a victim of fraudsters, prevent money theft, check an online store or website for fraud?
The first rule is not to trust unverified dating sites, earnings, gambling and sweepstakes. Check whether there is a legal address, contact phone numbers on the site, in the absence of the specified information, providing your personal data, and even more so payment details, is dangerous.
The second rule is never to send SMS to the short numbers specified in the instructions for unlocking and virus protection, it is better to immediately contact a computer repair shop than to face the fact of fraud.
The third rule is that when making a purchase in an online store, check for reviews about the store and the product that interests you. Do not trust a store where there are no reviews, information on the Internet about the store, or the product offered without logos and manufacturer's instructions, as well as very low prices and no instructions for returning the product.