Stay safe… from friendship SMS ‘dating scam’, first message and then…

friendship offer then number block

Next you and that girl know. If you are not satisfied with his friendship in 7 days then you will be given another contact free of cost. To assure you, your talk will also be done with a girl on the conference call. If you fall into this trap, then as soon as you deposit the money, that number will be closed or your call will be blocked. Such thugs do not spend much time on one victim. If you do not deposit the money in 1 to 2 hours, then they will block you. In a day they contact about 30 to 40 people and 5 to 7 people become their victims.

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emotional betrayal of friendship

This hoax goes on for a while. By befriending you, will talk to you through chat and call for many days. That girl will tell you about things like her family, career. Will ask about your personal life. When you will be sure that it is a true friend. Only then one day in the name of treatment of her father or brother, or citing any emergency, she may ask for some money from you. This is emotional cheating.

how to avoid this scam

According to cyber cell, if a stranger is chatting with you, then reverse search his profile photo on Google. If there is a scammer then maybe you can get his information. Do not send money at any cost just by online chat or talking on the phone. Do not share any of your personal information under any circumstances. Be extra careful while video chatting. Do not click on any unknown link. This can prove to be dangerous for you. Don’t blindly accept friend requests on social media.

don’t click on any link
According to cyber cell, on seeing the source code of the given link, it is known that it contains coding of dangerous malware. On clicking, either the control of the phone can go into the hands of thugs or after depositing the fees, the number itself is blocked. So don’t click on any such link.