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What Are Scams? Scams are designed to trick you into giving away your money or your personal details. Scams come to you in many forms – by mail, , telephone, over the Internet and door-to-door. There are several methods that scammers use to steal your money or personal details.

Here are two common ones: 1. Great promises Scammers try to suck you in by promising things like great prizes, true love or easy money. But before they deliver anything, they will ask you to send money or give them your bank account or credit card numbers or other personal details. They never deliver what you expect and always rip you off. Some do give you what they promise to strengthen your belief in the scam.

2. Requests for your personal details Scammers pretend to be legitimate banks or businesses. They approach you out of the blue with leaflets, letters, s, websites or phone calls with requests that seem like the real thing. Then theyll give a reason as to why you need to provide them with your personal details, like your credit card number, password, bank account number etc. But genuine organisations dont usually make such unsolicited requests. If you provide them with your personal details they could steal your money and your identity

A scam succeeds because it looks like the real thing. Scammers are manipulative – they push your buttons to produce the response they want. Dont let scammers steal your money and personal details – protect yourself. Why Do Scams Work?

Myths About Scams Busting the following common myths will help reduce your chances of being scammed. MYTH: The Government vets all companies and businesses, therefore any offers you receive are from legitimate organizations. FACT: Scammers are criminals. They act illegally and can contact you from anywhere in the world. MYTH: All Internet sites are real and legitimate. FACT: Fake websites can easily be set up to look like the real thing.

MYTH: There are shortcuts to wealth that only a few people know. FACT: They wouldnt be telling their secrets to you. MYTH: Scams only involve large amounts of money. FACT: Some scammers target large numbers of people for small amounts of money. It all adds up to a lot if they succeed. MYTH: Scams are always about money. FACT: Some scams try to steal your personal information to sell or get more than just your money.

Protect Yourself There are no guaranteed get-rich-quick schemes – the only people who get rich are the scammers. 1. Dont respond to offers, deals or requests for your details. Stop. Take time to independently check the offer. 2. Never send money or give credit card, account or other personal details to anyone who makes unsolicited offers or requests for information. 3. Dont rely on glowing testimonials: find solid evidence from independent sources (not those provided with the offer). 4. Never respond to out of the blue requests for your personal details.

5. Always type in the address of a website of a bank, business or authority - its safer. 6. Never click on a link provided in an unsolicited as it will probably lead to a fake website designed to trap you. 7. use phone numbers provided with unsolicited requests or offers as it probably connects you to fakes who will try to trap you with lies. 8. Always look up phone numbers in an independent directory when you wish to check if a request or offer is genuine.