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The increased use of AI has made scams harder to spot with some systems replicating your voice and even texting style! They鈥檙e just some of the many scams you could encounter on a daily basis but fear not! 成人快手 Scam Safe week starts on 23 November, and to help you spot some of the biggest scams out there we鈥檝e put together these top tips.

What is a scam?

A scam is something that has been set up to trick and manipulate people. This can include giving away personal information, sending money to someone or sharing your bank details, passwords and passport information. Scams are set up in a variety of different ways to deceive people and this means they can take place anywhere!

So, how do you spot them?

Common scams and how to spot them

1. Text message scams

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 2, Screenshot of a fake text message from Royal Mail saying that you package has been delivered., Screenshot of a fake text message from Royal Mail

Text message scams are one of the most common with scammers trying to replicate companies such as Royal Mail, EE and Three. They do this by pretending to be the company and asking you to click a link or provide "missing information". With the help of AI, text scams have become more personal with scammers copying the way people message. This allows them to mimic family members and ask for money or passwords, making it less obvious that it鈥檚 fraudulent behaviour. When trying to identify if a text message is a scam or not, here are some of the things you should look out for:

  • Spelling mistakes or bad grammar
  • Unusual looking links
  • Someone asking you to do something urgently or with an expiry date
  • Strange contact details

2. Concert ticket scams

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 2, An image of a Facebook post where someone is trying to sell Taylor Swift tickets, A Facebook post of someone trying to sell fake Taylor Swift concert tickets.

Depending on the artist, concert tickets can sometimes be extremely hard to get hold of meaning resales are becoming one of the most popular ways to get your hands on them. Resale websites such as Twickets, StubHub or Ticketmaster are legit however a lot of people try and sell tickets on social media. There is an element of risk when purchasing tickets on social media as some sellers are genuine but here are ways you can check if a seller is real or fake:

  • Look at the seller鈥檚 social media account to see if they have any followers, what their interactions are with others and where they are located
  • Ask the person in real life (if you know them) to make sure they haven鈥檛 been hacked
  • Check the terms and conditions of the official ticket website to make sure the resale of tickets is allowed
  • Have a look at where the person is directing you to pay. If it is through a platform outside of the ticket website then you could lose your money

3. Audio scams

A scam call from someone pretending to be from the phone provider O2.

Audio scams come in a variety of different forms however the most common ones are scammers pretending to be a company or bank or even a family member. These are more frequently known as impersonation scams. Signs of a scam phone call can include an unknown phone number, a robotic voice or someone representing a company that you don鈥檛 interact with. However, with AI becoming more prevalent and more commonly used, impersonating family members on the phone has become even harder to spot with scammers extracting your voice from social media posts or from your phone voicemail to make the call sound exactly like you. If you are unsure if a call you are receiving is a scam this is what you can do:

  • Listen for any unknown background noises or other people鈥檚 voices
  • Check if they are asking for large amount of money or personal details
  • Hang up the phone and call that family member or friend to see if it was really them
  • Copy the phone number and Google it to see where it has come from
  • Create a safe word with your family and friends that you can use during a phone call
  • Put your social media accounts on private

How to report a scam?

With scams appearing through email, phone call, social media and more, it is important to know where you can report a scam. For an email or text message scam, you can mark the message as junk and block the contact. With newer updates of email apps and phone operating systems, companies like Apple have added in detection software to spot scams, giving users automatic pop ups to block the number and report it as spam. If you have found a scam on social media, the best thing to do is report the account and block the user so you won鈥檛 see them on your feed again and the platform is aware that they are a scam account.

Now that you understand how scams work and how to report them, why not challenge yourself with our Scam Safe quiz.

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