Greed: Online fraud usually uses people's greed psychology to trick victims into investing, gambling or obtaining high returns through various means. Driven by greed, people often ignore risks and lose vigilance and rational judgment.
Fear: Online fraud sometimes uses people's fear to force victims to pay or provide personal information through threats and intimidation. When people are afraid, they often lose their minds and make wrong decisions.
Blind self-confidence: Some people are too confident in the face of online scams and think they have enough wisdom and ability to see through them. Blind and confident people often lack vigilance and rational thinking, and are easily confused by scams.
Trust others: Some people trust strangers too much and easily trust so-called "experts", "friends" or "partners" on the Internet. People who trust others are often easily misled by false information and fall into scams.
To avoid falling into online scams, here are some suggestions:
Keep rational thinking: in the face of online scams, keep rational thinking and don't be influenced by greed, fear or other emotions. Always be alert to unreasonable investment opportunities, threats, commitments, etc. Don't believe it easily.
Strengthen the protection of personal information: don't disclose personal information at will, such as sensitive information such as name, ID number and bank account number. Avoid entering personal information on websites or applications with unknown sources to avoid being used by criminals.
Learn to identify scams: understand the common types and means of online scams, such as phishing websites, fraudulent emails, false investments, etc. By learning how to identify scams, you can improve your defense ability and avoid being deceived.
Carefully choose online transactions: when conducting online transactions, choose formal platforms and businesses to avoid trading on websites or applications with unknown sources. Before trading, you should know the credibility and evaluation of the merchants to avoid being cheated.
Multi-party verification: Uncertain information or investment opportunities can be verified and understood through multi-party channels. You can consult friends and relatives, professionals or authoritative organizations to get more objective and accurate suggestions and information.
Call the police in time: If you are unfortunately caught in an online scam, you should call the police in time and seek help from relevant departments. Take timely measures such as freezing accounts and modifying passwords to reduce losses and protect personal information.
In short, being vigilant, thinking rationally, strengthening the protection of personal information, learning to identify scams, carefully choosing online transactions, and multi-party verification can help us effectively avoid falling into online scams. At the same time, we should always be vigilant, improve our awareness of self-prevention, and ensure our own property security and information security.