A woman trusted a male netizen and had her credit card maxed out to repay a loan of more than 400,000 yuan. How to prevent online fraud?
1. Keep personal information secure. In view of the emergence of counterfeit online banking and online shopping websites, pay attention to checking the URL when conducting online transactions, and do not enter through URLs found by search engines or links to other unknown websites; do not easily provide personal information and passwords; and do not easily open emails sent from unfamiliar addresses. Email messages.
2. Confirm the authenticity of the contact information. For contact information, you can dial 114 to verify the authenticity of the other party's address. Confirm the authenticity of website pages. When browsing regular web pages, do not pay attention to automatically pop-up web pages or websites.
3. Be alert to abnormal dynamics. If you accidentally enter your account and password on an unfamiliar website and encounter a prompt such as "System Maintenance", you should immediately call the relevant customer service hotline for confirmation. , in case the data is stolen, you should immediately change the relevant transaction password or report the loss of bank card or securities trading card;
Log in to the payment gateway through the correct procedures, enter through the officially announced website, do not find it through search engines URL or link to other unknown website.
4. Be careful when making friends online. Online dating is risky. You never know what kind of person is on the other side of your screen. When scammers understand your appeal, they will launch a customized "pig-killing" strategy for you and form a series of words to gain your attention. Trust, act as your confidant, let you relax your vigilance and slowly fall into it, unable to extricate yourself, losing both your life and money. It is not uncommon for online dating people to be deceived, but there are still people who will not shed tears until they see the coffin, so everyone must control themselves and avoid all kinds of temptations on the Internet.
5. Don’t go to websites you don’t know well, don’t execute software downloaded from the Internet without anti-virus treatment, don’t open unknown files sent over, etc.; in addition, increase your awareness of self-protection and keep it properly. Do not disclose your private information, such as your ID number, account number, password, etc. to others; try to avoid using online e-commerce services in public places such as Internet cafes.
6. Be careful when sending money and transferring money. Keep calm thinking, increase awareness of prevention, don’t trust others easily, and avoid being deceived.