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How to stay away from online frauds

by Emily Graham
22/10/2019
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How to stay away from online frauds
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Online frauds are currently one of the most popular ways of fooling people, if we can say so. Many of them are untraceable and the stolen money or other information are hard to recover in most cases, which is why prevention is the best way to keep ourselves safe from the dangers of Internet scammers. But how can we protect ourselves from such scams? By staying informed would be the first answer. Governmental agencies and institutions can provide useful information to help us stay away from online frauds. However, for some, advice from lawyers specialised in frauds works better.

There are various ways in which we can protect ourselves from online frauds and some of the simplest are explained below.

Protect your personal information

Online frauds would not be possible if some of us wouldn’t let their personal information (credit/debit card numbers, account passwords, e-mail passwords etc.) at the discretion for others to be able to access it easy. At least this is what criminal lawyers in the UK, who have come across many victims of such frauds, say.

So, ensuring enhanced protection for personal information is essential. Different passwords for each account, fewer online payments when it comes to new or suspicious websites and not answering e-mails requesting for personal information are just a few of the ways in which we can stay away from online frauds.

Update your computer and other mobile devices

Updates are very important because most of them resolve security issues, so next time you think about postponing or simply skipping an update for your computer, think twice and let your computer, mobile phone or tablet run its update. It will probably keep you safe from possible online scams.

Don’t answer suspicious requests

Let’s say you are looking to rent a car for a vacation in Dubai and once you’ve performed a search you are simply bombarded with great offers. Many of those offers will land in your e-mail. This is a good time not to submit any personal information before you check the website that sent you that great offer. What you can do is check several sites and see what the average price for what you are looking is.

There are many ways in which we can protect ourselves from online frauds and among them simple actions like using secure wi-fi networks, antivirus and firewall software are the most common. However, with all the specialised software, it is ultimately on us to discern between what seems to good to be true and what seems like a fraud.

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