How NOT to get scammed on the Internet

I have an interesting story for you to read. Just the other day I was called by my bank to say someone had hacked into my bank account. Luckily nothing was stolen but this led me down the rabbit hole to find out just who these hackers from Nigeria were.

What I discovered is that you can send out emails with a redirect link that resembles clickbait for the scammer that has hacked into your laptop or device that they cannot refuse to click on. If you use free software, IP logger or Grabify this enables you to create a disguised link that takes the person who clicks on it to the site they think you are writing about but actually reveals in the back end who has been hacking into your account. In my case these hackers or spies were from Nigeria.

How was I able to find this out, well the first thing is to check to see whether the culprits had a VPN then to check to see whether the time reflected the place that showed in the back end of the platform. You can even go one step further by using a tracker to locate by IP address to locate exactly where in Nigeria they where hacking from, Lagos.

If someone sends you a photograph online and you suspect that it is not legit then go to Tineye and do a reverse image search to make sure that the image is not taken from somewhere else, like Wikipedia

Be Verified is another great site to check to see if the person you are talking to is legit or made up. There have been a lot of scams that have circulated now that most people have been shopping online.

These include The beneficiary inheritance scam, the green card lottery scam, the threatening lawsuit scam, the fake check scam, the Paypal payment password change code hack and even they would go as far as to go ahead and catch you on the romance scam and identity theft. So protect yourself. Download Surf Shark as a VPN and Dashlane as a password scrabble.

If it's too good to be true then it's probably worth investigating further before handing out your bank details, unless you have no money in the bank and want the scammer to help you out. All that said. Be savvy, and one step ahead, protect yourself and have a safe shopping experience online.

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