Nowadays, people must face difficulties in their lives due to this competitive world resulting in deceiving others out of desperation to find money. Urges of people to get more money in easy ways lead to a new trend which is scamming. Scammers target all ages and all backgrounds with the use of new technologies, services and strategies leading to a skyrocketing rise of scam reports in recent years. So, people should be acknowledged about scammers and the tricks scammers use to hunt their preys. There are several reasons why scamming increases these days. Firstly, due to the financial problems in this merciless world, the community become filled with frauds. As scamming is the easiest way to earn money without an investment, people are wild about following the swift path to live their lives. Secondly, people do not aware of scams in their society and doubtlessly fall for them. There are many human psychologies because people are caught off guard with scams. Having said that do not expect to receive if you are not willing to give, scammers apply this principle of reciprocity to take advantage from the victims. To add more, another reasons why frauds succeed is because of FOMO phenomenon which is often referred to as fearing of missing out big opportunities. This led victims to be drawn into fraudsters' traps. That's why there is a saying, "Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is a hook beneath it. " The other thing is that scammers play as a nice person in order to gain trust from victims and make them agree their quests. Despite the simplicity of the methods, people often fall for them as scammers are sophisticated with human psychologies and tricking people. Moreover, some specific groups of people such as the elderlies, the uneducated people and so on are targeted by scammers. As old people are far from technologies and trends, scammers take advantage of them via phone call scams, online scams etc. and making them to participate in their fake contests, charities and so on. The elderlies are often scammed with antiaging products which are claimed to help them conceal their age but in contrast to it, they contain harmful ingredients and chemicals. Uneducated persons are also easy targets for fraudsters by using their naivety. They become vulnerable to become victims of fake investment schemes resulting in losing all their money. The above reasons are why scam cases are elevating as a new trend and the number of victims rose markedly in recent years. To protect from scams and frauds, not only people themselves need to be conscious about how scammers work but also local authorities should focus on preventive measures and act on scamming. People should be acknowledged not to trust with everyone from online and phone calls and should take time to do research about them and check identity verification and should keep their personal data and privacy safe as well. In addition, government should make efforts on developing anti-scam centers (for example: internet crime complaint center) and campaigns in order to increase public awareness and make plans to increase job opportunities. Furthermore, police should insist on prioritizing scam reports and helping fraudsters’ victims to get their money and belongings back. In that way, the scam cases will be plummeted with the collaboration of citizens and local authorities. All in all, scamming is one of the complications of development in technological fields as there is a saying, " there will be always good and bad in every community. " As scammers make use of people's weakness and psychology, everyone should stay alert and always make sure of legitimacy. Moreover, governments should also develop community recognition about frauds and make tougher anti-scam enforcement actions. In that way, scam cases will be eradicated in our community gradually.
Nowadays,
people
must
face difficulties in their
lives
due to this competitive world resulting in deceiving others out of desperation to find
money
. Urges of
people
to
get
more
money
in easy ways lead to a new trend which is
scamming
. Scammers target all ages and all backgrounds with the
use
of new technologies, services and strategies leading to a skyrocketing rise of
scam
reports in recent years.
So
,
people
should
be acknowledged
about scammers and the tricks scammers
use
to hunt their preys. There are several reasons why
scamming
increases these days.
Firstly
, due to the financial problems in this merciless world, the
community
become filled with
frauds
. As
scamming
is the easiest way to earn
money
without an investment,
people
are wild about following the swift path to
live
their
lives
.
Secondly
,
people
do not aware of
scams
in their society and
doubtlessly
fall for them. There are
many
human psychologies
because
people
are caught
off guard with
scams
. Having said that do not
expect
to receive if you are not willing to give, scammers apply this principle of reciprocity to take advantage from the
victims
. To
add
more, another reasons why
frauds
succeed is
because
of
FOMO
phenomenon which is
often
referred to as fearing of missing out
big
opportunities. This led
victims
to
be drawn
into fraudsters' traps. That's why there is a saying,
"
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is a hook beneath it.
"
The other thing is that scammers play as a nice person in order to gain trust from
victims
and
make
them
agree
their quests. Despite the simplicity of the methods,
people
often
fall for them as scammers
are sophisticated
with human psychologies and tricking
people
.
Moreover
,
some
specific groups of
people
such as the
elderlies
, the uneducated
people
and
so
on
are targeted
by scammers. As
old
people
are far from technologies and trends, scammers take advantage of them via phone call
scams
, online
scams
etc. and making them to participate in their fake contests, charities and
so
on. The
elderlies
are
often
scammed with
antiaging
products which
are claimed
to
help
them conceal their age
but
in contrast
to it, they contain harmful ingredients and chemicals. Uneducated persons are
also
easy targets for fraudsters by using their naivety. They become vulnerable to become
victims
of fake investment schemes resulting in losing all their
money
. The above reasons are why
scam
cases are elevating as a new trend and the number of
victims
rose
markedly
in recent years. To protect from
scams
and
frauds
, not
only
people
themselves need to be conscious about how scammers work
but
also
local authorities should focus on preventive measures and act on
scamming
.
People
should
be acknowledged
not to trust with everyone from online and phone calls and should take time to do research about them and
check
identity verification and should
keep
their personal data and privacy safe
as well
.
In addition
,
government
should
make
efforts on developing anti-scam centers (
for example
: internet crime complaint center) and campaigns in order to increase public awareness and
make
plans to increase job opportunities.
Furthermore
, police should insist on prioritizing
scam
reports and helping fraudsters’
victims
to
get
their
money
and belongings back. In that way, the
scam
cases will
be plummeted
with the collaboration of citizens and local authorities. All in all,
scamming
is one of the complications of development in technological fields as there is a saying,
"
there will be always
good
and
bad
in every
community
.
"
As scammers
make
use
of
people
's weakness and psychology, everyone should stay alert and always
make
sure of legitimacy.
Moreover
,
governments
should
also
develop
community
recognition about
frauds
and
make
tougher anti-scam enforcement actions. In that way,
scam
cases will
be eradicated
in our
community
gradually
.