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General Topics => Off Topic => Topic started by: astroboy on May 15, 2024, 01:56:58 PM
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Be careful guys.
https://youtu.be/Fh7mE5sIR2k
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Scams like this are always easier in countries that do not teach or respect individual privacy.
The US educates residents on the risks of sharing too much private information unless you are sure who is getting it and why they need it. Doesn't mean there are no victims, but the total number could have been much higher without privacy safeguards and individual vigilance against giving out personal data.
When the video started, i assumed it was focused on the QR codes. Then it went more into social engineering techniques like fake chat rooms.
There's a scam everyone should be careful of. QR codes are a quick and easy way to get information on just about anything. Restaurants put codes in menus, manufacturers and retailers put them on their products to get specs and warranty info, promotional posters use them to drive interested customers to their websites, .... they are literally everywhere.
Scammers have placed stickers with QR codes on brochures, posters and signs to either hide the real QR code or add their own where none existed. Unsuspecting users follow the codes to those same UR:s we are warned never to click in SPAM emails. The sites are usually phishing webpages looking for any personal info they can collect on you and possibly convince you of a situation that separates you from your money.
Learn to recognize the safeguards most legit sites use to verify their content so you're more likely to spot a fake that "just doesn't look right."