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28 May 2024 10:20

Joined:	20/04/2018
Level:	Gold
Points:	55771

Points:	5

Never ever go beyond a point with strangers on social media

Some rather unpleasant stories of how people get fooled through virtual friends totally unknown to them, has now come to light. In every case, there is a sob story to be told by someone, and if the new person seeking the friendship has a bit of a kind heart, everything falls in place.

Or so seems to be the case with a particular friendship that ended on a disastrous marriage, where the man was already married. Or a particular case where personal details were shared with the friend, who came over to the place of work and simply managed to win the confidence of the girl. It later turned out that the man in question was a habitual offender, who had already cheated six other women, by narrating some sob story or the other. In the present case, he even took the girl to a Government hospital where a lady was admitted for some ailment, and needed money for some operation.

Since the lady also cried uncontrollably, the girl parted with Rs.50,000/-. Within a few minutes, the girl saw a policeman she knew. He was not in uniform. Yet, he simply said that he had come to see a friend. The policeman was actually there to arrest the lady concerned and her accomplice, that is the friend through Facebook.

When the lady came out of the police-station, there were two woman constables waiting to receive her. They beat her black and blue and recovered the Rs.50.000/- taken from the girl.

The girl got back the money. The local police warned the girl to be more careful in future and not trust anyone through social media. The entire actual incident has now become the talk of that small town and since the girl is also known to me personally, she narrated the entire story.

The man and the lady accomplice are now in jail. Though this happened fifteen days ago, the police kept a watch on the girl to check if she had lost any other money to anyone else. It later transpired that the girl had not lost any more money.

Such incidents only go to prove the methods of the concerned persons, who always come up with some sob story or the other. The lady had high fever and was admitted for observation only. The doctor on duty knew nothing about the lady and was hence excused.

We ought to be more careful and also help the younger generation to never ever share too many personal details, particularly place of work and so on, with anyone on social media.

#779639

28 May 2024 10:48

Joined:	02/06/2009
Level:	Diamond
Points:	145553

Points:	5

That is very true. We should not become too much familiar with an unknown person with whom we are friends on Social Media. We are hearing many such stories these days. Cyber Crime is becoming very high and innocent people are getting punished unnecessarily. Many other incidents called Honey traps are also heard these days. Some innocent men and women are getting into the trap and finally losing a lot of money.
Social media is good to some extent. But we should know where to stop it. Then only we can be safe. On Facebook, our accounts are being hacked by some person and the same person is sending messages to our friends in our name asking for money. 2 or 3 such messages were received by me. But immediately I called the persons on whom I received requests for money. Then they told me that their account was hacked. Teenage girls and boys are mainly targeted and some people target rich people. Be within limits with social media friends. Otherwise, we will get into unnecessary problems.

drrao
always confident

#779640

28 May 2024 11:43

Joined:	25/11/2014
Level:	Diamond
Points:	43292

Points:	5

It is a very valuable post. We have witnessed many such incidents where the girls or vice versa are entrapped due to the development of friendships with some persons through Facebook. After all, we all are human beings and believe our friends. The same thing applies here also. It is not strange that with a little contact, one would narrate a story to convince the other party that the stranger needs a hefty amount of money for the treatment of his mother and the same would be returned within a month. In such a case, we spare our money simply believing his statement.,
The incident does not stop here. The cheater would come up with another story and would convince the party to spare a hefty amount of money to be returned to his so - called friends with interest. This money is needed for the operation of his father for the elimination of gallbladder stones. Such unusual demands continue till the friendship terminates abruptly with a huge loss monetarily.
We must be careful of such friendships developed byFacebook platform .

#779647

28 May 2024 14:31

Joined:	20/01/2017
Level:	Diamond
Points:	25422

Points:	5

A good advisory issued by the author. Social media is very popular among all the people young, adult, or old. Most of the people pass their time in Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, X, Telegram, etc and encounter a lot of offers and propositions there. Gullible people believe everything as true and in good spirit and sometimes fall in the beautifully laced traps. The frauds and miscreants are waiting for them and then exploit them through various techniques. Not only young people but even seniors have fallen in those traps only to repent on the loss incurred.
Earlier we had chain snatchers, thieves, and other cheats who were physically cheating us on the roads, in the trains, or anywhere but now we have them just sitting in the social media and waiting for the innocent souls eager for interacting with them.
Parents should be careful about their children and check the sites where they are visiting and what they are doing in the social media. It is obvious that parents should first protect themselves from the threats of the social media and then take care of the children also.

Thoughts exchanged is knowledge gained.

#779681

29 May 2024 17:51

Joined:	10/12/2016
Level:	Diamond
Points:	109190

Points:	5

During my student life I was reading some magazines and newspaper. That time I found some advertisements which promised the reader something unique or invited to join a scheme to earn money while sitting in home and simply making some new members in that scheme. Many students were attracted by those advertisements and showed it to their parents and some parents went for that by paying some membership fee but later everything was found as fake or fraud.
So it is not that today only social media is creating such traps for the gullible public. These things were already there and now those frauds are taking advantage of social media for doing those activities. They have devised new schemes, very intelligently I would say, so even the wisest people fall in their trap.
There are so many methods, modes, and techniques in the social media for cheating the people that it is beyond our imagination. Only thing is we must be vigilant and extra alert while dealing with the messages, advertisements, etc in the social media.

Knowledge is power.

#779682

29 May 2024 18:21

Joined:	19/06/2011
Level:	Gold
Points:	87960

Points:	5

We all should exercise the normal prudence and caution in our daily life. It is for the parents and teachers to inculcate this habit in heir children and students. Then it will become an automatic response and habit in their adult life also. While reading the reports of cheating and defrauding in the media, I always wonder why people, especially women, fall victims day by day even after many many alerts coming in media and WhatsApp etc.
Even if we exercise some minimum prudence and caution, a lot of probable frauds and cheatings could be averted.

There are cases when our human kindness and sympathy are exploited by mischievous and the unscrupulous. Such reports make us scary and we hesitate to give help to strangers.

Though nobody can assure cent per cent security, some normal precautions, awareness and prudence can help us avoid a lot of such bad happenings. Not to be over enthusiastic in building familiarity and friendship with strangers is one such caution.

Never ever go beyond a point with strangers on social media

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