Online scamming has increasingly become a common activity, mostly everyone has been a prey of online scams in one way or another. Generally, people who possess the mindset of minting quick and easy money, generate illegal or fraudulent ways to grab money from the general public.
The interesting thing about scams is that there are so many new and innovative ways invented every day that it leaves people in awe of the brains behind the scam, in fact, giving it a thought that if so much of brain, logic, and thinking was devoted towards something positive, that person might have achieved something better and that too, in a legal way.
The problem of the “millennial generation” is that they have the eagerness to earn a lot of money, but without investing their hard work, time, and effort into it. One thing is for sure that no matter how many ways are invented, the illegal and fraudulent ways to earn money are surely meant to be exhausted, that is, these ways are not meant to be long lasting.
Citing examples from my personal life-two years ago, my bank account showed a deduction of some amount, the transaction was definitely unauthorized.. it was highly suspicious and of course, a source of worry because I had lost so much money, when I googled the details about the details and transactions, I found out that it is a scam of huge proportions, many people had lost quite a bit of money too..that too, in a similar manner as mine(the nature of the transactions carried out was pretty much the same). I never received the amount I lost.
Even my sister faced an online scam, a scammer called her asking to join a job portal(she was looking for a job), he just demanded two thousand rupees so that he could register her name, she somehow agreed and gave him the money. After that, the man stopped picking my sister’s calls, and hence, my sister got duped. Since then, I stopped believing in the internet and refrained from shopping or transferring funds online.
A few days ago I came across Omaze, which raises funds for varied reasons and causes. However, for each fundraising, they give away high prize draws too. The winner gets a car or a house or a dinner with a celebrity or something that you wish to do in your lifetime. A small amount, which is, more than ten percent of each participant goes to the charity. This seemed like such an exciting, fun opportunity and it would help some people too. But then I couldn’t help but think ” Is Omaze a scam?”.
Obviously, I was just worried and anxious at the same time... but eventually, I took a leap of faith and invested, and luckily, it was not a scam, in fact, I received a prize too and I was happy that a part of my money was donated.
Although there might be a lot of scammers online, everyone is not there to scam you, is what I have learned.