{"id":676,"date":"2019-09-01T13:01:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblockchaininternet.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2024-07-16T06:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T06:17:08","slug":"who-has-been-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/?p=676","title":{"rendered":"Who Has Been Scammed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_817\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-817\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"You Got This From Scammer\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-817\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You Got This From Scammer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p><strong>Anybody can fall victim to an online scam.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We all lead busy lives. We\u2019re continually bombarded with \u201cshortcuts to a loving relationship and leading a good life&#8221; from scammers. A moment of inattention is all it takes to get into their trap.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Scams are designed to trick people to part with their hard earned money or personal information. While many people think or believe that scams target are mostly those who are illiterates or ignorant people, the truth is anyone can be a scam victim. All of us are at risk. It is important to know the modus operandi of scammers. Everyone need to stay informed and vigilant against scams.<\/p>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Passive Income Scam\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AqZbO8Ojhmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>Scam Alerts or Watch from countries around the world<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Australia<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamwatch.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scamwatch<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Malaysia<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerinfo.my\/scam-calls-dea-l\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scam Calls<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>New Zealand<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerprotection.govt.nz\/general-help\/scamwatch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scamwatch<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Singapore<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scamalert.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ScamAlert<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.police.gov.sg\/news-and-publications\/media-releases\/201900701_OTHERS_POLICE_ADVISORY_ON_RE_EMERGENCE_OF_CHINA_OFFICIALS_IMPERSONATION_SCAM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China Officials Impersonation Scam<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>UK<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scamwatch.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scamwatch<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>USA<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.gov\/common-scams-frauds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Common Scams and Frauds<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/general\/frauds-scams-and-alerts-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Frauds, Scams and Alerts Guides<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anybody can fall victim to an online scam. We all lead busy lives. We\u2019re continually bombarded with \u201cshortcuts to a loving relationship and leading a good life&#8221; from scammers. A moment of inattention is all it takes to get into their trap. Scams are designed to trick people to part with their hard earned money [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scam-watch","tag-scam-alerts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cellphone-cellular-telephone-close-up-2740955-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":881,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions\/881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblockchaininternet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}