Expert explains to Russians how to recognize a scam call
It can be difficult to immediately understand that the caller is a scammer.
But information security expert Sergei Belov explained how to quickly understand that a telephone conversation needs to be ended.
In a conversation with Lenta.ru , he said that scammers often use the same trick. They force people to make decisions under pressure, leaving a minimum of time for reflection.
Almost all attackers convince the victim that they need to act quickly in order to avoid negative consequences, Belov noted.
In such situations, it is important to remain calm and ask clarifying questions.
In such cases, scammers either continue to persuade you to act urgently, avoiding answering questions, or make mistakes and sound unnatural.
They have the greatest chance of deceiving the victim at the beginning of the conversation. But the more a person doubts, the more likely he is to "crack" the swindler.
Many scammers rely on trying to scare a person and force him to make a quick decision.
Belov emphasized that you just need to ask clarifying questions and monitor the answers. In such cases, the scammers quickly give themselves away.
