2023's online scams are more sophisticated than ever
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2023
- The holiday shopping season is a busy one for scammers too, with deal-hungry consumers often letting their guard down online. NBC's Noah Pransky shares tips from consumer advocates and a former Nigerian scammer on how best to protect yourself and your family.
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#Scam #Shopping #Online
As a retired LEO after 30+yrs working, I thank you for this. We had stopped grifters and con artist scammers long before the electronic world and this is really out of control. *Adriannotch* Thank you again, nice work,
I'm American and cannot begin to thank you *Adriannotch* for creating coin and recovery like these. Its not just people living overseas but folks living in America are being scammed like scumms like these on a daily basis. Kudos to you and your team.
sadly i dont think we will ever get rid of this kind of illicit nonsense
even less SO in countries like India where corruption is king but i
seriously appreciate that we have people like you *ASTRATRUSTHQ* and your team as well as others who are doing gods work on the Internet. keep it up!
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Scammers are evil people
not to mention the scam ads youtube allows
When in doubt, pay with a credit card. That credit is actually not yours and it's the banks so it's easier to get it handled than your cash in a checking account.
Insane how YT forces *ASTRATRUSTHQ* to have to block the names of these monsters praying on our precious elders -
Please to everyone educate your loved ones as often as possible, they will say
"yeah they know usually, but these scammers are very cunning and
will find a way to convince them.
Also Governments, J please weaponize Jim and others who are
fighting back, since you won't/can't 😊
The end game is physical retailers coming back into vogue. Not just due to scams, but also the prevalence of counterfeits (big issue with Amazon that comingles inventory) and increased costs of shipping, including extra taxes some municipalities are adding.
We should have an environmental impact fee for every box delivered to your home
@@thedude5040Govern me harder, daddy
That won’t work in most cities where theft is at an all time high! It’s best to shop online and just be smart. Heeding these tips will make you a lot less of a target.
brick and mortar stores are closing en masse in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other metropolitan cities. The risk isn't worth it.
one story of a victim, she was asked to invest something with high returns, at first she was skeptic and only put in a bit, she did get many times back and she was slowly even given an air ticket to Europe, she was delighted and returned from the holiday, gloating to others how stupid they are for not joining her in the investment, and see how she is rewarded.
in the end, they wanted to bait her to invest more, and when she invested $100,000 thats when they pulled the line and hooked the fish.
Terrible, just sick how these scammers lure victims in like this 🙁
You just described Bitcoin scam
@@-_Somebody_ often we assume scammers are overseas ppl who try to scam the developed countries citizens out of their hard earned money, but often these scammers have recurited ppl within the country to act as their money mule, they offer young teenagers or adults, a sum of money to open bank accounts and then transfer the password and ATM card to them for use, and just for opening the account, they get a sum of money or is promised a fraction of the money that they store in ur account.. and it's sickening when you see teenagers like 16 or 17 involved in scams that trick senior citizens/old ppl of 60 or 70 years old of their lifetime savings..
I'm bored of coming across emails and websites that can be described simply as fishy.
jokes on the scammer. I don't have any money.
Stay poor...stay ahead 💯
I get so many professional looking scams these days. Sometimes I have to double check things. I consider myself savvy. I have multiple degrees. These things are just getting harder to detect at times.
What are your degrees in?
Lol 😂 just because you have multiple degrees in whatever fields you studied does not mean you’ll be an expert at identifying everything. 🧐
Hate to break it to you, but being educated doesn't have anything to do with intelligence or having good common sense.
@@davidbenning10 Yes it does actually. There's a reason scammers don't target people who shop at whole foods or work in white collar professions. Scammers don't target white collar professionals for a reason dummy
Don't do business with sites that are not extremely popular/famous
I'm from the United States, and I'm thrilled to see your efforts to expose individuals like this online and raise awareness among the public. I've already shared the EXELA SUPPORT information with all my international friends and encouraged them to share it with others. Thank you for your dedication to this cause. Please continue the great work!
Interesting how Nigeria was mentioned in this report. Scammers exist in every country, not just Africa. 💜 I know that was mentioned in the report but, sadly, due to racism, Africa is the 'go-to' for reports on criminal activity.
It’s 99% Nigeria honey. Sure other countries have bad reputations too. For example, R*ssia hacks. To your point, other west African countries do scam too. I have been hearing about that in the news but mostly Nigeria.
And we know why they mentioned Nigeria even tho Nigerians learned these scams from Europeans.
Indian scammers are the worst
Funny how 90% of scams come from India but they not dark enough for you to understand so they had to go to Africa to really drive in the point
With the passwords, what I do is I have the very beginning of every password the same, then the difference afterwards with NAMES of FAMILY MEMBERS, so that not only does it meet the requirements, but it is also a long password that I'm ONLY able to easily remember. Also, any letter that looks like a number is what I replace that letter with. For example, E = 3 , S = 5 , L = 1, O= 0 etc etc.
It depends. As long as you're not being specifically targeted, you should be fine. Sometimes hackers will research their targets, and add family members, birth dates and even pet names to their dictionary. Also, most cracking software nowadays will account for replaced letters, and will only slow them down by a couple seconds. The best practice is to make sure it's at least 12 characters long, pick 2 or 3 words that are unrelated, add in a couple of numbers and special characters between the words.
example: 4@Space2$Nerf!
I like AmericFboy_RumpA$$69 that way it might scare the hacker of what they might see if they proceed further
I also like to poke fun of potential hackers with passwords like Allah's_smol_dic3y
You're making it easy for them to hack you mate
Exactly, you just gave them your secret sauce. The internet is WIDE open, so I wouldn’t be surprised if your comment was exposed to a number of them as it is.
Its true. Be careful out there.
Its so sad when your country is famous for doing this thing. If Japan has high tech gadgets, France High Fashion, China affordable goods, Nigeria has this 😕
That is the shadow cast upon them.
Nigerians learned these scams from Europeans. Eastern European people were pulling these type of scams with snailmail back in the coldwar days. Idk why all of a sudden Nigerians are the face of a 60 year old scam.
God bless China for making Rolex, the individual pays it in America the fake watch arrives in Africa and pay the fake watch for the original and you make a great good deed.
God bless China for Making Rolex!
Im always thinking when I come across these scams that people can't be this greedy or dumb. Then a story hits and sure enough, a scam occured because someone was either greedy or dumb and in most cases, both!
Right. Totally agree
False sense of security catches us all sometimes
Senior citizens always falling for this scam
. I applaud you *Exelasupport* and all others who are working to combat these crimes. It's unfortunate that mainstream media isn't doing enough to raise awareness about these issues and protect the public.
His on Instagram
On the internet You guys are fantastic! I am very happy to see how productive you are with the leads and files and locations during your interactions with these badguys.
Merry Christmas *AstraTrustHQ* and team !
Love you guys, so much 💯👍
People are so Evil.. Sell their Souls for Money..
I've watched this entire clip... where is the "sophistication" part? It's been the same for 20+ years. The only difference is there is unlimited number of clueless people who fall for the scams. It's the reason why the scam is still going today.
My brother in Christ, even Jim Browning and Atomic Shrimp have fallen for scams before. Being confident you wouldn't fall for a scam, ironically, makes you more vulnerable to fall for one.
Recently I fall for it, a friend from Guam supposedly had n emergency, she ask n messenger, they just had a typhoon n común cation was bad.
I ask to see her n hear her voice, n they send me a video of her saying hi.
I see it alot on FB with AI.
Each year, I reformat the hard disk, reinstall Windows 11 and antivirus!
1:26 And when *that* #PasswordManager gets #hacked because of some stupid act by an employee??
Exactly! I never trusted them, never will.
or by an unpatched security vulnerability that gets exploited... it becomes a 1 stop shopping spree. That's why I don't use any of those password managers.
Black Friday have started earlier than expected 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
*has
How about don’t use the same email. I use 4 email addresses. Not to say it’s perfect but I think it helps.
Just curious... what will that achieve? It helps to do what exactly?
@@shaggydawg5419 By using a distinct email for each site, it'll make it easier to determine which service was breached.
There's a new way to bypass the 2 step authentication. It's called simm card swapping. Scammers convince the phone provider to use a new simm card, so your phone goes dead. When they log in to your bank, your bank sends the code to the scammer's phone with the new simm card.
Good luck with being savy over seas!!!
Why isnt that scammer sleeping?
Time zones are different.
Because he is scamming
Build and memorize your own alphabet grid: A = H, F = Z. etc etc. along with unique identifiers
Stay offline 😊
victim blaming
X2 emv 👍
😂😂😂
Anyone who doesnt automatically use these tips as common sense deserves everything they have coming to them in plain English. Ive never had a problem
I have never been scammed because I am careful and very computer knowledgeable. I never have any passwords stored on my computer. I DO NOT access my accounts via my computer. I do have a credit card and about a month ago my credit card account was illegally used in Michigan for $400. I did research trying to find how they had managed this and I discovered the scammers can just pass by you and instantly scan your card even when it is still in your wallet. I watched a video of a scammer sticking a fake credit card device on a walmart checkout line just as the clerk was distracted for about 30 seconds. No one deserves this. I have just seen a video where the scammers can use AI to duplicate your granddaughter's voice. And since this has happened to me, I have talked to many people that were scammed for far more that I.
@@ebuick3047 Yes. Old people are stupid and refuse to learn basic online security. Their ignorance deserves to be punished with a harsh reality check.
Credit card cloning is the best to make money on 2023/2024 , close dumps with x2 ….. we gat to make these money anyways
Nigerians and Indians.
I do a search on Latest Scams, I get a Joe Biden Ad.. that sounds legit to me.
The Bible says we have all sinned. I know I have, haven’t you?
God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Timothy 2:4).
Peter said, the Lord is “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9)
God gave us free will.
The Good news
How can I go up to heaven and have everlasting life ?
“Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ that he died and rose again and you will be saved”
God bless you all in Jesus name.
1 John 3:5 - And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1 John 2:2 - And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
D*mb religious people alwaya gotta bring their non sense everywhere.
This video has definitely confirmed 3 things know. 1: Scammers
are absolutely morons and ignorant and have a very low IQ! 2: I
never ever want to be on Chappy's bad side
and last but not least
3: Scambaiters rule!! *ASTRATRUSTHQ* and all of you out there on the Internet, I thank you for all that you do to make this world right again. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you. can't wait to see what you have in store for 2024!! Much much love!!! 💕
"Even Black Friday deals have their limits".
There isNO Black Friday anymore fake sales. everywhere
As a retired LEO after 30+yrs working, I thank you for this. We had stopped grifters and con artist scammers long before the electronic world and this is really out of control. *Adriannotch* Thank you again, nice work,
I'm American and cannot begin to thank you *Adriannotch* for creating coin and recovery like these. Its not just people living overseas but folks living in America are being scammed like scumms like these on a daily basis. Kudos to you and your team.
sadly i dont think we will ever get rid of this kind of illicit nonsense
even less SO in countries like India where corruption is king but i
seriously appreciate that we have people like you *ASTRATRUSTHQ* and your team as well as others who are doing gods work on the Internet. keep it up!
,
On the internet You guys are fantastic! I am very happy to see how productive you are with the leads and files and locations during your interactions with these badguys.
Merry Christmas *AstraTrustHQ* and team !
Love you guys, so much 💯👍
Insane how YT forces *ASTRATRUSTHQ* to have to block the names of these monsters praying on our precious elders -
Please to everyone educate your loved ones as often as possible, they will say
"yeah they know usually, but these scammers are very cunning and
will find a way to convince them.
Also Governments, J please weaponize Jim and others who are
fighting back, since you won't/can't 😊
This video has definitely confirmed 3 things know. 1: Scammers
are absolutely morons and ignorant and have a very low IQ! 2: I
never ever want to be on Chappy's bad side
and last but not least
3: Scambaiters rule!! *ASTRATRUSTHQ* and all of you out there on the Internet, I thank you for all that you do to make this world right again. HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of you. can't wait to see what you have in store for 2024!! Much much love!!!💕