Black Friday is coming the holiday season is right around the corner and we
also have Cyber Monday so people are going around spending a lot of money
saving a lot of money and this is a great opportunity to tell you about a
lot of the scams going on on the internet for Cyber Monday so today we're
going into Center money scams to look out for just in general and let's get
into it
hey guys if you're new around here hello my name is Kat Theo and you guys loved
my last video about a ton of scams you should avoid if you haven't checked out
that video yet you should you can do that right here but today we're getting
into some of the top scams that you can see for cyber monday and then also how
to avoid them the first one is just to be wary of bargains that are probably
too good to be true you should be sticking to trustworthy
companies that have a reputation to be reputable a lot of times what happens
are these fake companies kind of just pop up on the internet for severed
Monday and these crazy deals where you have computers for like $30 or $50 which
are originally priced like a thousand dollars or something and then you're
buying these products and they're not a real company they just disappear after
the holidays over and there's nothing you can do because usually these are
companies that are probably not even where you're located so let's say you're
in the United States and this company is just like this company it's just in some
random country that has no regulations in the United States there's nothing
that you can do you're just out you know hundreds of dollars so the old saying
that if it's too good to be true it probably is is definitely so true with
these cyber monday deals as well the next thing you can do is update your
software the latest software for your computer a smartphone and tablet might
include tighter security features than the previous version
to protect your personal information online ensure you've installed the
newest update before you start shopping this especially includes antivirus
software and anti-spyware software if you don't have it get it also consider
installing anti-phishing tools to ward off attacks phishing filters helps keep
your names passwords and other sensitive material
safe next is choosing a strong long password you might think you have a gift
and you're creative with your password but hackers are pretty powerful and have
a knack for cracking your code go long and strong and every time you create a
password online for any account especially never use a password in the
dictionary itself the next thing is to keep track of your spending identity
thieves rely on the fact that shoppers get so caught up in the holiday frenzy
and pay little mind to whom or what you obtain and you don't look at the
confirmation numbers to date or where it's going especially look out for small
ones that you have probably not made crooks will usually not go big in the
beginning and to see that it will go unnoticed or not my next tip is to not
shop for free Wi-Fi connection to protect your personal information when
shopping online the more private your Wi-Fi connection is the more secure
shopping at transaction is going to be so when shopping online avoid these free
coffee shops airports libraries and anywhere else that offers free Wi-Fi in
a vulnerable connectivity without a password to go online the next is not to
use a debit card when shopping online we all know that credit cards have a lot
more security layers than a debit card does because of this it's more likely to
lose your money if you use a debit card than a credit card also on a credit card
if a thief does make a fraudulent transaction on your credit card you can
dispute this transaction whereas a debit card there's really not much you can
my next one is not to click or shop on links that are sent to you directly
unsolicited there are a lot of emails that are imposes that send you links to
click on to shop on a website that's reparable like Walmart for example and
they trick you by doing this thinking that it is the actual website but it's
really not so you go in shopping as you normally would you type in you buy some
things you type in your credit card information as you normally would and
now they have capture to your credit card information that they can now use
to buy other things my next tip is not to make any transaction on web sites
that are not secure personal information including details for fun transfers
become vulnerable when traveling from your computer to the vendor don't submit
sensitive card information to a site that is not encrypted especially check
the URL to make sure it's HTTPS and also have a lock icon in the URL when they do
not have the lock icon or they're not HTTPS that means it is not a secure
website and you really should not be putting in your credit card information
unless this is a 100 percent a trusted vendor which if they are they will have
that lock HTTPS URL all right so that's all I have for you guys today on some
tips and tricks on how to avoid sever Monday scams are just really scams on
the Internet in general that are using sensitive information like your credit
card information your personal data like this do check out my other video like I
said before about top scams to avoid in general I'm sure you have ran across a
few of them maybe you have fallen for one or two but let us know in the
comments below like comment and subscribe I'll see you in the next video
bye guys
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