Deception Prevention Management, a new sub-discipline innovated by me will save innocent gullible public from being defrauded of billions of dollars/ rupees and save lives of victims of trafficking and from other internet based crimes.
These days in addition to Perception Management we need Deception Prevention Management going by the number of organisations and individuals out to con the people of their hard earned lifetime savings.
| Scammers are always devising new ways of duping the less tech savvy members of the public (Photo: iStock.com/ scyther5) |
I am listing below 22 things you need to remember to protect yourself against the modern-day scammers based on my experience as an IPS offer and my stint as DGP, CB-CID, Tamil Nadu police.
1. First and foremost, do not believe any claim or promise of exaggerated ROI (rate of return) on investment. Fraudsters play on the greed factor of the investing public and in the guise of pandering to it, dupe the latter. Hence, we need to control our own appetite for excessive profit.
2. Never attend a mobile phone call without ascertaining the identity of the person or the agency at other end. Most of the masters of deception make calls posing as your bank reps etc. Deceivers are always innovating faster and devising new ways of duping the less tech savvy members of the public. Jamtara in Jharkhand has schools to train fraudsters and every day they do phishing crimes across the country to the tune of crores of rupees. They have…
