Scam Made Personal Through Facebook: Stay Protected

Updated on July 13, 2021: From now on, traffic filtering, malware protection, and suspicious DNS activity blocking are available as a part of the separate DNS Firewall app.

There is a common misconception that sounds like “I will never fall as victim to cybercriminal activity” or “online and mobile scams are not a threat for me”! The reality is completely different. Hundreds of thousands of people around the globe get scammed. Unless they choose to protect their online privacy through affordable VPN service.

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If you receive a Facebook message from an ex-girlfriend or long forgotten classmate, who asks you to lend him money for a few days, don’t do anything before you can confirm the request in person! The fact is that your friend’s account details might have been hacked or stolen, and she or he doesn’t even realize that.

Tips How To Protect Yourself

  1. Use VPN Unlimited service – this way you are practically untraceable online. And cybercriminals have no chance of getting into your computer, laptop or cell phone to get sensitive data.
  2. Review your online social media activity. You should carefully filter what kind of information you give out to the world. Keep in mind, this info is stored for at least 10 or 20 years.
  3. Look through your social media messages recently sent your contacts. This way you will know if you did send those or someone else did it on your behalf!
  4. The first sign of scam is asking for money! The monetary assistance is usually wanted in cash, checks, popular money wire or even a credit card number.
  5. Read through the stories with extra care! “I am stranded in the hotel with no money”, “I got robbed”, “my boyfriend damped me and I have no one to turn to”, etc.

Additional scam alerts include

  • missing facts in the story
  • different people’s pictures on one profile
  • pushy bold messages and requests
  • money, money and money
  • a sad story without any proofs

Remember, VPN Unlimited is your ultimate online security protection, and watch out for web scammers as there are lots of them there.

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