What is scam ?
A scam is a deceitful or misleading plan intended to cheat individuals.
What is online scam ?
Online scams allude to fake exercises that happen on the web, focusing on people or organizations through different internet based stages like email, social media, sites, or versatile applications. Current Whatsapp video call scam is very effective for scammer, they play with your dignity on this method and ask money. I have explained what should you if you are being scammed in my below topic “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
What can a online scammer take from me ?
•What is important for you ?
Of course Money,
So scammers will do their to best to take all your hard earned money by tricking you.
Apart from this, they may try to gain access of your private information. What are private information ?
- AADHAR (or ANY other ID card passport/DL/VoterID/PAN card)
- BANK DETAIL (ATM/DEBIT card number PIN, online banking UserID PWD)
- Phone number
- Address
What is Whatsapp video call scam ?
Scammers follow few steps to scam any individual. I can explain you their process. How and why I am explaining ?
I am well aware of most of the scams and I have saved one my best friends from Whatsapp video call scam, however he came to me after losing 30K but eventually it stopped there. They asked more 50K from him when he got pissed and somehow reached me for help.
They work in phases and I am taking example of “Whatsapp video call scam” to explain a scam :
You Will understand why I am giving name like this at end when I explain the conclusion:
⚠️ Breadcrumbs : You will get a friend request in Facebook by a female(if you are male) As soon as friend request is accepted by you, they will try to add as many as of your friend list friends to their friend list.
⚠️ Weapon gathering: They will take friend list screen shot, they make contact with your friends and have them in their chat list as well. By a small research on facebook they may gather your family information as well. They will also start talking to you over chat and eventually asked for whatsapp number.
⚠️ D-Day: One Day suddenly you will get a whatsapp messages and they will somehow manage to understand when you will be alone. They will give you a Whatsapp video call.
You will see suddenly a female is undressing herself.(dont worry thats not a real woman, there may be a screen where adult video is being played). Till the time you will realise what is happening, they will record the session.
⚠️ Execution: Now is the time to execute the scam operation. They will sent that recorded clip to your whatsapp. They will call you on you phone and demand money. If you deny:
They will blackmail that they have your friend list and family member detail(Remember in Breadcrumbs phase I explained they collect all sort of information) and if you dont send them money they broadcast this clip.
⚠️Your situation/suffering ? You are in panic and in order to protect your dignity you may send money. BUT BUT!! BUT!! Be aware even if you send them money they wont stop. They will realize that you are ready to pour money for your dignity and they will start increase their demand. And they will keep doing it as much as possible. They may even make you bankrupt.
Can I be scammed other ways?
There are many way you can be scammed. The only motive of the scammer will be to get your money to their pocket.
They can use Fear, emotion, and position to gain your trust.
They can call and tell that :
- They are calling from so and so bank
- They are calling after seeing your OLX/Quickr add and they are ready to pay advance
- They can call you and say that they mistakenly sent you money via UPI and they want it return
- Never return them money via UPI, ask them to come and take money in cash. There is some chance as soon as you send them money back via UPI they get all you bank info by a software and they will clean your account.
- They may say they are Army/Government service and you can pay advance to them for anything.
Types of SCAM ?
There are many ways you can be scammed, but some common methods include:
- Phishing scams:
- Investment scams:
- Lottery and prize scams:
- Tech support scams:
- Social Media scams:
- Dating scams
- Amazon delivery scam
- Whatsapp video calling scam (Whatsapp video call scam)
- OLX/Quickr scam
- UPI money transfer scam
- KBC scam
- Lottery scam
I can explain each and every SCAMs and can mention how to stop being scammed on above scam types.
Please send me request for this or reach me over email or comment on this article if you want me to explain.
Platforms where I can be scammed ?
Currently social media scam is very aggressive. But there are other platform also where scam is taking place (Note, list is not limited to below, they are exploring all possible way to scam):
- Phone call /telephone
- Youtube
- Direct SMS
How to prevent myself from online scam ?
Best way to avoid scammer would awareness. If you are aware that what possible way you can be scammed can stop you being scammed.
What should do If I am being scammed online?
I would suggest below if you are being scammed by “Whatsapp video call scam“
- Resist: DO NOT PAY any money, tell scammer do whatever they want.
- Kill fear of dignity lose: Explain your friends and family member that you are being scammed and explain the entire story. Everyone will understand that you are trapped for scam. You have no wrong intension.
- Prevention: Unfriend that user from facebook and hide your friend list from others view. restrict it to yourself only. Block all phone number and whatsapp number of scammer.
- Protection : Collect all facebook user detail and if possible take screenshot and print the detail from facebook. Collect all whatsapp chat and print it. make note all phone numbers from which you are getting calls and whatsapp messages.( They may keep reaching you from different different number. ). Go to police station and book an FIR/complain Diary about this incident. You can reach to Cyber Cell as well.
- Courage: DO not fall in any blackmailing. They will keep poking you daya by day . Even they may call after months out of the blue. But you have cut the call and keep blocking them.
- Time heals everything.
What can I do if someone is blackmailing me by threatening to post a private video of me on a social site?
If it is an online scam, please follow above point “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
Why is the WhatsApp video scam viral?
People are falling on this easily, as this is type of honey trap. I have explained everything on this above and mentioned that you to avoid this scam or what should you do if you are being scammed.
A scammer has some sexual content on me (WhatsApp Video Recording) and is blackmailing me, what should I do ?
How does the new WhatsApp video call scam work?
Scammers follow few steps to scam any individual. I have explained above, please see “What is Whatsapp video call scam ?” above in article.
Someone is blackmailing me with my private pictures, what can I do?
If it is an online scam, please follow above point “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
How can I stop blackmailing on Snapchat?
If it is an online scam, please follow above point “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
How can I stop a Facebook blackmail/scam? Someone is threatening to send some comprising pics and videos to my family and friends on Facebook by creating a fake account and sending mass messages. How can I stop this?
If it is an online scam, please follow above point “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
I did a video call on WhatsApp with an unknown girl, and she recorded the video. Now she and some of her contacts are blackmailing me that they would call the cops on me saying I have recorded her nude video. It is a scam group. What should I do?
If it is an online scam, please follow above point “What should do If I am being scammed online?”
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