How to avoid falling victim to scams

Описание: In this episode of McAfee Answers, Abhishek Karnik, Research Director and Principal Engineer at McAfee, discusses common cyber-scams and how to avoid them.

Abhishek describes the types of scams that you might come across online, including banking scams, crypto scams, donation scams, non-delivery scams, and more. Abhishek also provides strategies to put in place to avoid becoming a victim, and to avoid encountering these scams in the first place.

Finally, Abhishek describes what to do if you’ve already become a scam victim.

Be sure to watch the whole video to find out more, and see the Q&A session that Abhishek had at the end of the webinar.

If you’d prefer to jump to a specific section of the video, use the links below:

0:00 Introduction
0:56 What is Social Engineering?
02:50 Common scams
03:16 Where do scams come from?
04:11 Banking scams
10:37 Non-delivery scams
11:54 Donation scams
14:50 Tech Support scams
16:51 Crypto scams
20:00 How to avoid falling victim to scams
22:13 What to do if you become a victim
24.20 Q&A session

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