I have come across many scams along with data manipulations. I once experienced a data manipulation on my Instagram account; there was a time when one of my old friends texted me asking me for help with getting their account back, and they told me I had to give them a code of some sort. Giving them the code made me lose my account. They used my account to try and scam people, saying they can get a lot of money if they contact the account. Now that I look back at that day, it was pretty obvious that it was a scam/data manipulation. Some things to look out for would be if they are asking for personal information for something that does not need it, and if they are asking you to click any links that they send; if you do not know who they are, it is best that you do not interact with them at all. Stay safe and be aware, and careful about what they ask of you!
Thank you, Rosario Trujillo
Thank you this really help me out with giving me advice for not getting manipulated.
You’re welcome I hope you don’t experience this. Thank you for your time.
thank you this was very helpful and let me know how to look for scammers and not to interact with people i don’t know. I have also experienced this many times when people would message me pretending to be someone i know. Thank you for this information.
So sorry that happened to you I hope you have a better understanding now that we have both shared our experiences though!
I had experienced a situation similar.
I got a call of some person and he said he was my cousin and he’s coming to visit me but he’s car broke down and he needs money for a taxi to make it to my house but a start making some questions that didn’t coicide with my family member so I just hung up.
That’s pretty crazy, I have also seen some things like that. I once heard that they would sound as if it was actually someone they knew, it would really scare some people sometimes.
The website is very informative and also very relevant. Although you may not realize it you can come across many potential scam threats on a daily basis, for example i get messages and calls almost everyday trying to get personal information from me. I definitely agree that you should stay alert about things like that.
Thanks for the comment! I usually get a lot of text messages as well asking me to pay for a toll when I have not gone through any toll, these texts get annoying.