“To Activate Love Dispensary, please enter the OPT8234”. Says a message on your Mobile. Another SMS says: “My heart is searching for true friends like you. Please call me at 5818155036″. Yet another Says: I want friends love. Call me at 5630035”.
“Love Dispensary”, “Loyal Friends” – Don’t Become a Victim of Such Fraudulent SMS’s
These sort of messages are seen on smartphones every now and again or nearly every day. Be careful with such SMS from fraudsters who want to trap you one way or another and lastly sperate you from your hard-earned money.
Media reports show that even educated and well-positioned people are turning out to be victims of cybercrimes and losing their money because of it.
It is a case of irony that in spite of repeated alerts from cybercrime officials, people still end up falling for such fake SMS’s.
Be careful with various kinds of tricks being played by corrupt elements. When you reply to such messages, you will be trapped and tricked in various ways. It’s better for everyone if they don’t reply to such SMS’s.
SMS’s like these are very effective in getting people’s attention right away. Regardless of the number of spam filters you use, these messages have a high tendency to bypass every security wall to enter into your smartphone.
Despite the fact that individuals are less mindful to SMS fakes, they are bound to fall prey to it. Messages like “My heart is searching for true friends like you. Please call me at 5818155036”. Or even messages that read, “Dear user, congratulations! You have won…”
Individuals are frequently misled into thinking that if they are receiving such SMS’s, then the person who sent them must know them, correct? All things considered, unfortunately, that is not the situation with SMS fraud. These false messages are sent by people who want to steal money from their targets or to steal their personal information. The best and effective way of dealing with these kinds of SMS’s is to just straight up ignore them and block the number that you received the message from.
There are even some apps that detect spam and fake messages and it is wise to use such apps if you receive a lot of fake messages.
