{"id":214,"date":"2024-06-25T17:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saje.nz\/sphere\/?st-import=960f2ac2a1a65df4745ffee9e5acabe0"},"modified":"2024-06-25T17:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T04:03:53","slug":"how-to-avoid-being-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/how-to-avoid-being-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to avoid being scammed!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHi. I\u2019m &lt;insert name&gt; from Microsoft. We have detected that you have &lt;insert problem&gt; with your PC\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the start of a classic scam that has been doing the rounds for many years and is continuing to claim victims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scams come in many different types from the classic \u201csupport call\u201d above to dating or romance scams, buying and\/or selling goods online and many others.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023 nearly 8000 incidents were reported to CERT NZ with a combined loss of $18.3 million!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are just the reported incidents; many go unreported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How do you keep yourself safe from a scam?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be aware of <strong>RED<\/strong> flags:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requesting access to your \u201ccomputer\u201d to troubleshoot an issue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor grammar and\/or spelling in text messages and emails.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urgency or pressure tactics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Requests for payment via unusual methods &#8211; gift cards, wire transfers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unsolicited communication \u2013 emails, calls, texts \u2013 asking for personal information.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Always:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Verify the legitimacy of requests or offers.\u00a0 Don\u2019t just take someone\u2019s word for it.\u00a0 Do your own research and don\u2019t be in a hurry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Don\u2019t share sensitive personal information including on social media \u2013 Facebook, Instagram, X, Tiktok etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the person on the phone says they\u2019re from your bank, hang-up, ring your bank on their correct phone number and report it to them.\u00a0 <strong>Don\u2019t<\/strong> use the number the person called from.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, scammers are becoming more and more sophisticated all the time meaning we need to always be \u201con guard\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHi. I\u2019m &lt;insert name&gt; from Microsoft. We have detected that you have &lt;insert problem&gt; with your PC\u201d. This is the start of a classic scam that has been doing the rounds for many years and is continuing to claim victims. Scams come in many different types from the classic \u201csupport call\u201d above to dating or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,26,27],"tags":[10,24],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cyber-scams","category-scam-aware","category-scam-awareness","tag-cyberscams","tag-scamaware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/securesphere.co.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}