Vigilance, awareness, and sound security procedures are all necessary for scammer protection.
Here are some of the finest defences against con artists
Learn for Yourself Your strongest line of defence is knowledge. Keep up with typical fraud schemes and techniques. The more information you have, the easier it will be to spot and prevent such frauds.
Check identities Never give personal or financial information to anybody without first confirming their identity. Request formal credentials and check with the organisation by contacting them through their website or other contact details.
In other words, be suspicious most of the time and just think that everyone around you is just waiting for the perfect timing to scam you. If you are less cautious, you will really be attack by them, leaving yourself falling in their own trap and giving them the chances to take advantage on your funds. And while knowledge is very much important, the reason why doing initial research on everything you plan to do is a must. It's actually doing yourself a favor to have an edge over those scammers, because if not the vice versa will happen, you will be the one that will be taken advantage by them.
Know that scammers are already part on this high innovative world. And just as we thought that we want to gain the best of everything out from all our endeavors, scammers themselves have also their aim to gain the best advantage out from everything and the only thing they can do that is to think and act smarter than us so they can always take the lead before us.