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How to Identify and Avoid Scams

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How to Identify and Avoid Scams

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What Are Scams?

Scams are fraudulent schemes designed to steal money or information. 

Recently, with the rising popularity of mobile phones and the increasing number of internet users, scam methods have been getting more sophisticated and varied. 

To avoid scams, it’s necessary to know how they work.

What Are Scams?

Scams are fraudulent schemes designed to steal money or information. 

Recently, with the rising popularity of mobile phones and the increasing number of internet users, scam methods have been getting more sophisticated and varied. 

To avoid scams, it’s necessary to know how they work.

Common Types of Scams

Phishing Scams

Posing as real companies or organizations, scammers create fake websites designed to steal your credit card information, social security number, passwords, and other personal data.

Text Message Scams

Appearing as legitimate texts from well-known companies, these messages contain links that will install malicious apps or lead to phishing sites.

Phone Scams

Scammers use clever social engineering tactics to get people to share their personal information over the phone, which they then use to commit identity theft.

Online Shopping Scams

Scammers create shopping sites with irresistible discounts to lure people in. However, nobody ever receives the items they ordered and certainly no refunds are issued.

Email Scams

Disguised as legitimate emails, these often look highly convincing ­– like they’re from your bank or a video streaming website, but all the scammers want is for you to click the phishing link or open the malicious attachment.

Investment & Crypto Scams

These scams use celebrity endorsements and promises of risk-free returns to trick people into downloading harmful apps and entering their information on unfamiliar websites.

Common Types of Scams

 

Phishing Scams

Posing as real companies or organizations, scammers create fake websites designed to steal your credit card information, social security number, passwords, and other personal data.

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Text Message Scams

Appearing as legitimate texts from well-known companies, these messages contain links that will install malicious apps or lead to phishing sites.

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Phone Scams

Scammers use clever social engineering tactics to get people to share their personal information over the phone, which they then use to commit identity theft.

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Online Shopping Scams

Scammers create shopping sites with irresistible discounts to lure people in. However, nobody ever receives the items they ordered and certainly no refunds are issued.

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Email Scams

Disguised as legitimate emails, these often look highly convincing ­– like they’re from your bank or a video streaming website, but all the scammers want is for you to click the phishing link or open the malicious attachment.

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Investment & Crypto Scams

These scams use celebrity endorsements and promises of risk-free returns to trick people into downloading harmful apps and entering their information on unfamiliar websites.

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How You Can Avoid Scams with Trend Micro

Emails

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Supporting Gmail and Outlook, our proprietary email scanner with built-in AI technology can easily identify spam and phishing emails. No matter how scammers disguise their emails, they can’t fool us.

Install Maximum Security to shield your email from scams:

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Filter dangerous messages in real-time by cross-checking their content, links, and the phone number of the sender.

Protect your mobile devices with Mobile Security:

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Verify the legitimacy of links and websites against the largest scam database in the world. Guarantee that you never visit fake sites and the scammers can never get their hands on your personal information.

Install Trend Micro Check on your browsers to detect scams for free:

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How You Can Avoid Scams with Trend Micro

 

Verify the legitimacy of links and websites against the largest scam database in the world. Guarantee that you never visit fake sites and the scammers can never get their hands on your personal information.

Install Trend Micro Check on your browsers to detect scams for free:

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Filter dangerous messages in real-time by cross-checking their content, links, and the phone number of the sender.

Protect your mobile devices with Mobile Security:

     

 

Verify the legitimacy of links and websites against the largest scam database in the world. Guarantee that you never visit fake sites and the scammers can never get their hands on your personal information.

Install Trend Micro Check on your browsers to detect scams for free:

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Why Choose Trend Micro?

Partnered with Industry Leaders

Trend Micro has formed strategic alliances with global industry leaders, allowing us to create the world’s most comprehensive scam and fraudulent website information database.

    

Detect Fraudulent Sites and Content with AI

Trend Micro analyzes all aspects of websites, emails, and messages to give you the best protection against fraud and scams.

    

No. 1 In AV-Comparatives’ Testing

Proven to detect and block up to 95% of phishing sites.

    

Why Choose Trend Micro?

Partnered with Industry Leaders

Trend Micro has formed strategic alliances with global industry leaders, allowing us to create the world’s most comprehensive scam and fraudulent website information database.

Detect Fraudulent Sites and Content with AI

Trend Micro analyzes all aspects of websites, emails, and messages to give you the best protection against fraud and scams.

No. 1 In AV-Comparatives’ Testing

Proven to detect and block up to 95% of phishing sites.

    

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