Have a friend or stranger ever scammed you, someone, you don’t know? Let’s talk about how to track down someone who scammed you, This is a must-read for everyone, so you can learn how to avoid scams and also track a scammer before you get scammed. You’ll also learn the new trick scammers use.
We’ll look into how you can avoid being scammed by a close person or friend, you may say how can your best friend scam you, for money trust no one your friend might leak your credit card details to someone else who can harm you, someone close to can even come in disguise with a fake identity and then you may fall and give out important details.
Scams, it is mostly done online since we are in a digital world where we keep our money in banks, and we just use bank apps and other helpful application like Venmo to make secured transactions, with these we don’t need to worry about going to the bank before we can transfer funds or pay bills, we can also decide not to keep our money in the bank rather we can just purchase images or cryptocurrencies for our cash and since it also increases the value of our cash and gives us more reason to keep our money there and we can sell it off and get back 4x of what we added initial, but these need extra knowledge.
Today’s scammers already know their way around NFTs and cryptocurrencies including how to trade coins and make money, and you are their target because you have no clue or little understanding about the market, everyone knows that NFT and Cryptocurrencies stuff pay out a lot especially when you know when to buy and also when to sell and only a few understand the deep concept behind this whole thing.
Many people have been scammed in this same manner but what if you are among them and you can no longer reach the person who has scammed you, what if you don’t want to be scammed anymore and you still want to learn about the crypto market since it still looks weird and very complex to understand to some people?
This article is straightforward, we won’t be teaching you how you can start trading or selling your Nft designs rather we’ll show you how you can avoid scams, Imagine waking up to 100 Ethereum, and tomorrow there are no more. You may say their technology is advanced and can’t be hacked, yes you are right, what if your details were leaked or stolen, I mean what if you lose guarded your login details to a pro hacker?
How do I find a scammer?
You don’t find a scammer, a scammer finds you, but how do you know you chatting with a scammer. Every scammer has the same significance and one goal, they want money from you and they will come up with something that interests you, if you fall for it then you are a victim. Sometimes a scammer will run fake paid ads or post on social media to get attention and once you’re a victim, they’ll pretend to be real so they can extort money from you. Based on what they want you to do, it may be huge money.
Talking to strangers on social media can lead to such, a scammer pretends to stay around your location or in another country and they may try to introduce a business to you. It’s fine if someone walks up to you to introduce something you are interested in, but before you make your first deposit make sure you clarify for authenticity, more of these we will discuss in this article.
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There is some vital information you don’t give out, no matter who the person claims to be, the fact you have not met the person in real life makes it easier for the person to scam you and go scot-free. A scammer cannot hack into your account if they don’t have any primary information like your bank details(username and password) or your wallet secret code, you know what am talking about. Let’s see how a scammer approaches you.
How do you reveal a scammer?
A scammer either sends you a message online or you may fall victim by joining any of their group on either telegram or WhatsApp where they tell you how you can make quick money online cos that’s the only way they could draw your attention, and if you chat or have a conversation with them, then make sure you notice this during the conversation.
- Always make sure you don’t be the responder only in the conversation
- Make sure you ask your own questions like where do you live, get to know more about the person
- When the person tries to introduce you to a business that you find interesting like trading crypto and how to make millions of money from forex, before you make a deposit, make sure you try doing a video call with the person
- See some standard reasons before depositing and make sure you hear from the person
- If the person refuses and starts replying slowly, play this trick on him/her, if you know another language like German, start using German and if the person is dull enough, he will definitely switch up to German by using a translator, you’ll see a drop in the way the person replies to you.
- Make sure you doubt the person, never beg a scammer, they’ll fully take advantage of it, and always ask them what is their cut after the deal and why can’t they do it and make the money for themselves.
- Don’t share your financial details with anyone and don’t send out money.
- when you see a real profile, you’ll know, check if their profile looks real.
What can a scammer do with your phone number?
Before giving out your phone number to a scammer, make sure there is a reason, of course, there is an average tendency that the person is not a scammer but if you are chatting the scammer up on WhatsApp, or telegram, they already have your number. A scammer can barely do things with your phone number, they can only send weird text messages to you.
When a scammer has your phone number and your card details, they’ll try to withdraw cash from your bank which may require some other authentication like the OTP which is sent to your phone number, and they might tell they are the one making a transaction for you, but your bank needs some owner verification. Do not believe that, that’s a big lie, if you give out your OTP, you will get a debit alert instantly.
What information does a scammer need?
A scammer can steal your personal information by asking for your financial details like your wallet secret code, your social media account, and some vital information. If you give up those details, you’ll be scammed.
If someone has scammed you, there is no way you can get back your money because you don’t know who the person is, and you can’t identify who he is.
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How to track down someone who scammed you
If you want to track someone who scammed, make sure the person has not yet blocked your line, a scammer may scam you and still want to pull up another scam differently, why some others will block you immediately they scam you. If you want to track a scammer, make sure you can still send them messages on WhatsApp or Instagram. Never you ask a scammer why you scam me, make sure you pretend as if nothing happened, if they get to know your feelings they will block you.
A scammer will not review his true location to you, and most of them may even fake their location by using a VPN which makes it hard for someone to track. A scammer might live in an African country and they will tell you they stay in London, they are smart enough to give you a location where they know you may not reach, and they also lie about their occupation. A scammer is not a computer programmer or hacker, a scammer might just be a normal person with a mobile phone that knows how to simply use the phone, they may have zero knowledge about technology in deep. They are just smart and if you fall for their trick you’ll get scammed, if not careful they might scam twice you.
A scammer may come as a friend, as a businessperson, they have many strategies including dating scammers, these are the ones that play romance and show much love to you and promise you they would come and see you in no distance time. if you fall for someone that don’t do video calls with you and voice calls, start requesting one, and if the scammer disagrees, block him immediately.
Sometimes sending a tracking link to a scammer might give you the wrong location because of the VPN he/she is using. You can try to see if the location the scammer told you initially matched with the one you go from his Ip address. You can google more on tracking someone’s location using a link sent to them.
Conclusion
Scammers are everywhere, you may have been duped by one, make sure you don’t get scammed the second time, don’t give out your information to a scammer, make sure you have engaged in a serious face-to-face discussion on a video call before you can start thinking about doing anything with the person. Also, check out other social media to see if the same person exists there too. If you have questions, drop them in the comment section below, and also don’t forget to check our other interesting article on this same topic.