Social media apps
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, X are hot-cake for hackers nowadays. Through social media platforms, hackers are robbing their lifetime by implicating people in their nets. Innocent users using social media are getting caught in the trap of breathtaking offers of earnings, cells, jobs etc. and scams are being done with them. Since last year, the government is running several campaigns to make people aware of digital arrest and online fraud, so that people can be saved from scams. Scammers are constantly adopting new methods and making people a victim of their fraud.
You can also get caught in the trap laid by hackers on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram. For this you have to take care of some things. Hackers have become so vicious, they use social engineering to remove personal information from you and try to scam you. Many such cases have been reported, in which hackers have cheated people by doing social engineering.
Hackers trap like this
The algorithm of social media platforms works on the advertisement model, in which users are shown advertisements based on its preferences. Hackers take advantage of this and try to trap users according to their needs. Hackers on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, X try to implicate you through advertisements like investment, fake e-commerce platform, gift voucher etc.
Apart from this, hackers these days connect people to social media platforms in the name of online or part time job. Links of fake jobs are shared by hackers and it is asked to install the app in the phone. Hackers will initially transfer a little return or money to your account to show themselves genuine. Fraud will be carried out with you after winning your trust.
How to avoid
- To avoid such fraud, you should ignore the investment, jobs or any other offer shown on social media.
- No link sent through direct messages should not be opened.
- Not only this, do not click on the link of the app sent by any unknown users.
- Also, stay away from users on social media platforms you do not know well.
- Do not visit any personal information on social media platforms. Also, do not make the mistake of sharing with anyone.
- Hackers can take advantage of it by getting your information.
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