hi I'm troop and I blog about retirement a retired guy to usa.com
this is for information and education only I'm not a financial adviser or an
attorney and I'm not your mom so educate yourself accordingly there are more
details on this subject at my blog this is an abbreviated version of what you'll
find on my blog that is I'm speaking about how you can find online scams like
many retirees and especially because I have this blog now I spend a lot of time
on the computer so I'm exposed to scams all the time following a brief summary
of some of the many ways you can protect yourself from the online scams that are
out to get you first of all computer tech scams consult a real computer pro
if you have a virus that you just can't get rid off just know that a real
computer company like Microsoft will not call you they won't phone you if there's
a problem with your computer lottery scams legitimate lottery companies won't
demand a payment on you to collect your winnings be careful when the fraudster
wants to give you a counterfeit check to cover fees such as suppose that taxes do
processing fees and so forth just remember all you have to know is not to
take their check for deposit to the bank or you risk losing a lot of money that
scam is kind of complicated just don't take their any-any check to the bank
romance scams someone online claims attraction to you the profile reflects a
very attractive woman or man who might also claim to be wealthy it seems like
Nigerian princesses are always attracted to me the remedy for these online scams
to complete a brutal self-assessment of your qualities your personal
characteristics and your appearance you should ask yourself this question why
would this extremely attractive and wealthy individual be interested in
me impersonations verify that the account actually belongs to the person
trying to connect with you on social media check how many friends the person
has that you had that you know that you have in common with them in common with
them supposedly also check how long the person's account has been around the
longer has been around the better check your privacy settings social networks
like Twitter and Instagram well usually that you control their
control your personal data and photos as well as what you post you must carefully
consider who you want to share your information with think about how it can
be used against you by a criminal or a scammer sharing share and share alike
social media makes it easy to share your life with others people post all kinds
of personal information for the whole world to see they post very personal
photos sometimes even intimate photos they even post vacation photos while
they're on vacation we tell the whole world and any robbers that their home is
unprotected can London robbers have not home take anything you want personal
data don't put online for the whole world to
see your social security number your home your work addresses your home and
your cell phone numbers your work history your activity schedule who all
your friends are be careful when you authorize a social media app like
Facebook or even Google to register for giveaways contest sweepstakes surveys or
receive gift cards and discounts I know somebody who's his dad got really taken
in sweepstakes clickbait appoint clicking on a link or attachment about
celebrities or free stuff investments or breaking news that can lead you to
malicious websites Facebook friends choose your Facebook friends carefully
just like you do in real if they if they get hacked remember that
they can actually accidentally send you malware and infect your computer and
then you can send you can send it to your other friends inadvertently and
send your viruses to all their computers public computers don't use public
computers like those in a library to log on to your social networking website or
to conduct other business secure your passwords don't give them out to anyone
that you can't trust and don't use the same password for all your social media
sites change passwords periodically and don't use easy passwords like 1 1 1 1 11
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