Scammers are dorminant in today’s world with the numbers increasing daily. “As a professional Web Developer and Social media influencer I almost got scammed” – Abur Michael. This goes to prove prove that Scam Schemes are improving daily and with the increase, awareness has to be improved too.This article would talk about the top 10 most dangerous Scam Schemes from all parts of the world. With the most dormimant Category being banking scams.
Let’s briefly take a look at the top ten Countres with the Number most scammers:
10. Romania
9. Philippines
8. South Africa
7. Venezuela
6. Indonesia
5. Pakistan
4. Brasil
3. China
2. India
1. Nigeria
Alright then, here are the top 5 online scams.
5. Sport Betting Scams: Well, this particular Scam applies to those who are into sports betting. As funny as is funny it may sound, thousands of people are victimized daily, Report shows that over sixty thousand people fall victim to Sports Scams annually.
How is this done? There are two main ways:
1) Punters are made to believe that matches are fixed and promised “sure odds”. They are asked to the pay to receive these odds. Once they do, they are either given wrong predictions or the scammers block them. Why shouldn’t one believe them? The answer is simple, the sports world is well funded and nobody will be willing to sacrifice his glory for a little change. Therefore fixed matches barely exist and even if they did, it wouldn’t be given at bonus rates. Come to think of it, anyone who requests for money to share a fixed match is probably lying because if I had a sure match I’d stake it myself and not share it out.
2) In the second method, punters are made to believe that the scammers are able to hack the database of sport betting sites and steal money. Simply opposed, Sports betting Sites have very high and complex security making them almost impossible to breach. In summary, run away from punting scams and never be a victim.
4) Bank Transfer / Crypto-exchange broker scams:
In this scheme, persons pretending to do swap for cryptocurrency, Forex etc. or a person who claims he can help in an international transfer accepts money from the victim and doesn’t do as the both parties agreed. A typical example will be Claiming I can transfer money using Moneygram, receiving money from my client and not initiating the transfer. A simple advise would be this- learn to properly verify before doing any transaction.
3) E-commerce scam: In this type of scam, goods which do not exist or counterfeit goods are advertized with good captions and fake individuals. The supposed vendors make the people who wish to buy believe it is a Legitimate offer. When payments are made, the buyers either do not receive these items or receive counterfeit items. The solution to this is ordering from verified sites like amzon.com or Jumia.com or confirming properly beyond reasonable doubt before initiating such.
2) Investment Scams: Imagine being told to invest money so it gets doubled in hours, days or weeks. Well a question to ask yourself in such a scenario is “what are these guys doing with my money to make it increase?” In most Coxes there is no answer or an invalid answer and so many times we end up allowing greed to eat us up. One of the most common scams is investment scams.
1) Cheque Scams: I was almost victimized here even with my vast web knowledge. The government of the UK strictly warns its citizens against this scam scheme.
How does it work? In this scam scheme, someone sends you a check and asks you to withdraw from the bank. Once you do, he requests you make a transfer to him. Since it’s a fake Cheque, you are later compelled to pay the amount by your bank. Common victims here are people living in the US and UK.
No matter how poor or rich you are, money is important for your survival and shouldn’t be given to scammers. The greed to make quick money online shouldn’t lure us to becoming vulnerable. Money isn’t gotten cheaply. Scam schemes are increasing daily. This list is not exhaustive but should make you cautious. Stay Safe!