As we discussed earlier about spams/fake offers, which is not a very harmful issue unless you are very careful about spending money on the internet, but what if it is necessary to deal with this as in the case of bloggers, website owners and business persons who are present on the internet and need digital marketing, what then? The answer is simple, recognize and avoid the fake offerings. Fraudulence is everywhere in the world, whether it is real or virtual. Being a "digitally educated person" it is our responsibility to save ourselves as well as others from these situations. Here are some methods to prevent money and valuable time from this monkey business.
Methods To Avoid Spams/Fake Offerings (Expert's review)
Use optional E-mail id- If you are frequently register/sign up on websites, then NEVER USE your PRIMARY E-MAIL address, keep it private and use another one which is not too much important for you. This e-mail address also called as "Disposable e-mail address". Generally spammers extract mail ids by special programs (bots). Similarly for business purpose, use your disposable IDs anywhere on social networks.
Make yourself invisible- Sounds interesting & difficult, right? Well, it is not difficult at all. You can be unseen for spammers. Make your id, username too difficult to guess. Sometime, spammers and fake message senders just guess a recipient's id and send a message. In case of mail they can only send 1 message to 1 person at a time, but in case of social network they have an approach to millions while they are just 1 click away. Try to make it hard for them. By this, you will be able to avoid many such fake ids as well.
Huddle every information- You have seen an offer and now you are thinking to make a move. In my view you should have wait and see that with whom you are going to contact. Don't be tempted so much & don't be in hurry to avail the offer.
"Patience is virtue"
Check the online presence of the individual/organization which is offering you. Go to their page, website or blog and see if they are regularly updated so you can ensure that they are in active state and not just made everything to look like real.
If any individual has a profile, then check on him by profile. Generally, if an individual is a committed professional then he/she never uses his real profile, but a page or a profile that provide every info and contact details about him and not to mention about great profile picture about a company or advertisement related to his work. In their network you will find many contacts related to this business. Also, they, publicly show every detail on profile as it is their business podium so there will be no secrecy with potential customers. It is same for every social network and works all the time
If you are seeing a page then read "Impressum".
Contact- Now you are almost sure that the offering and person is real, still you should have been rigorous as you don't want to lose your money on any step and don't want to be deceived. Then it's now time to contact them on phone, video call or by any other means. If offer giver only provides a mail id which has no information on it then there is a 99 % possibility that this is fake.If they provide a their contact details which are real and you are talking to them, then talk about procedure of payments, reason of the offering. Again, I request, if you have a doubt then don't suppress it just because of desperation to avail a tempting offer.
A real individual or company never provides an offer without logic & profit so don't hesitate to ask them the reason behind the offering, payment mode and procedure of advance money/full payment that suits you.
Observation- Remember- online world is profitable to those who know how to handle it. You have been availing the offer and it pays you back, that doesn't ensure total security. If you are spending money and in business relation with this individual/organization, then you should keep in mind that 1% possibility is still there that they can be fake and they are going to ambush customers for a big load of money. So how to be sure now? This is also a very simple and based on common sense. NEVER promise to pay at one time. For example-
"A fraudsters promise you to bring 1 million visitors per month in 200$. You make a pact and then after one month you see that he delivered 1 million visitors really! Now you have made the payment and you both again agreed on another 1 million visitors deal. After one month you find that there are no million visitors and that person with no more in contact with you, plus the Google found out that those previously delivered million viewers were fake so now you will be penalized. Now you are between the devil and the deep sea!"
So you see the difference? A real company never asks for payment in one time. They provide you service with their contact details and place so you can verify them and then they decide package and a payment procedure with service promises which are reasonable.
In case of individual & professionals, if they are not too famous then they call you first and for the service they ask for payment on daily/weekly/monthly basis (small installments of amount periodically). In the meantime, you can verify that visitors/likes/followers are organic or not.
These are very simple and almost non technical/non complex steps that anyone can follow and avoid fraudsters and spammers from their business.
Stay Tuned for more, Have a secure day!
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