The Scam Era: and the scammers don't give up

We are in the Scam Era, more and more people are behind this, learning and trying to scam all the time.

Before I knew about all this, I was also a victim of the scam, as I had no knowledge some years ago, then I trusted the wrong person and lost.

When I started to want to have knowledge about investments, my idea was to have an increase of that, moreover, I had a neighbor who had managed to have this and he proposed to help me and several other people. The thing was that I had to send him some money and supposedly that would increase little by little with the days.

The first week I received a payment and I thought it was good, but not everything has a happy ending, since I invested again for a “supposed increase”, but this time there was nothing, even the neighbor disappeared. He never responded to anyone's messages and no one had any connection with anything or anything, only him. There were several of us who had trusted him and we lost. We never heard anything more.

I know I made a mistake and I should not have trusted him, I should have taken real information about the case and not take the risk (although, without knowledge and with the need of money, it was a bad combination). Already, investments are never 100% sure, but the way and the environment also play a lot.

After that, I started to become more informed about the situation, the TV news also started to talk a lot more about it. I still try to learn, stay informed and take care of myself.

Another personal case I went through was a telephone scam attempt (this is also a classic everywhere). I remember a crying woman called me in the early hours of the morning pretending to be my mother, saying that I had to send her money because she was in danger, this was an uncomfortable situation, but at the same time not because my mother was sleeping in her room.
I did find it annoying because unfortunately there are still people who fall into this trap and like any other type of scam, it is dangerous.

As a result of this and also from cases I have seen and heard about, I am a little more aware of the situation in general.

• I research and try to always learn about any method of making money online.

• I avoid sharing my personal information.

• I don't answer calls I don't know (in fact, I find out first about people in my intern who might call me, so I don't easily fall for false information).

• I check who I send money to and where I send it.

• I constantly check where I connect and what information I give about it.

• I do not answer or open emails or messages that are not trustworthy or do not contain reliable information.

Scams come from everywhere and we must be attentive to everything and take care of ourselves. These are just a few points that I handle to take care of myself but the attempts are always there. The main thing is to be informed and to consult about everything so as not to fall into scams.

In fact it is also good that we can comment on this and explain to those who do not know or understand (regardless of age) as it is easier to take advantage of these.