Thousands of people every day are victims of fraud, which is initiated by sending SMS. The main type of fraud in this case is as following scheme. The victim receives SMS or plain text with a request to send a message to a specific short code. In this, fraudsters promise various prizes or discounts. Also, this is a common scheme. Scammers send a message on behalf of the subscriber's friends that someone takes part in the competition and just lacks to win by a few votes, but they promise to return the amount you spend. Moreover, the message is coming, by calling the real name of a friend. How did they know that name? Sometimes a user on any site downloads updates to the system or the "best" free software. As a result of the injection the man himself becomes a spammer, that is, on behalf of the others comes a request to send SMS.
Now consider what benefit the fraudster gets from all this scam. The message will cost even, for example, 1 US$. Companies providing billing services, taking 60% of all SMS cost. Such interest is due to the fact that they deduct the money for service provider, here also includes the cost of rent and the registration of short numbers. From 1 US$ It is only 0.4 US$, It seems quite a small sum. But if you imagine the scale of the mass mailing, requests to send sms can be caught quite a few people, for example, an average of 250 SMS per day, then change of 0, 4 US$ grows to as much as 100 US$ and picking up spam program infects people and others, and the amount of spam is growing like a snowball, and with it profits a scam. With regard to billing companies that work with scammers, and, in fact, become their partners. The fact that in the registration of short number scammers give false information, in result the company does not know with whom to enter into a contract. In addition, the billing companies are also individuals, for whom the profit has the primary importance, and setting strict rules for registration of short numbers will reduce their income. Securing yourself is possible, if not to reply the requests of such SMS. In addition, you must use antivirus software, as everyone knows, but does not always set, for example, in smart phones. If the SMS came from the name of your friend, ask him in person, whether he is in need, as stated in the SMS. Perhaps this one is the victim of spam program, and he knows nothing about the requests that are sent on his behalf.
Now consider what benefit the fraudster gets from all this scam. The message will cost even, for example, 1 US$. Companies providing billing services, taking 60% of all SMS cost. Such interest is due to the fact that they deduct the money for service provider, here also includes the cost of rent and the registration of short numbers. From 1 US$ It is only 0.4 US$, It seems quite a small sum. But if you imagine the scale of the mass mailing, requests to send sms can be caught quite a few people, for example, an average of 250 SMS per day, then change of 0, 4 US$ grows to as much as 100 US$ and picking up spam program infects people and others, and the amount of spam is growing like a snowball, and with it profits a scam. With regard to billing companies that work with scammers, and, in fact, become their partners. The fact that in the registration of short number scammers give false information, in result the company does not know with whom to enter into a contract. In addition, the billing companies are also individuals, for whom the profit has the primary importance, and setting strict rules for registration of short numbers will reduce their income. Securing yourself is possible, if not to reply the requests of such SMS. In addition, you must use antivirus software, as everyone knows, but does not always set, for example, in smart phones. If the SMS came from the name of your friend, ask him in person, whether he is in need, as stated in the SMS. Perhaps this one is the victim of spam program, and he knows nothing about the requests that are sent on his behalf.
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