{"id":10899,"date":"2021-06-16T21:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/news\/com-protegir-nos-de-les-estafes-en-linia\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T11:47:04","slug":"how-protect-ourselves-online-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/how-protect-ourselves-online-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"How to protect ourselves from online scams"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every year, there are millions of people around the world who suffer the effects of online scams. Digitalisation has accelerated this increasingly common type of digital crime, but how can we prevent and avoid the serious effects that result from it?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Scams have always been present in the daily lives of all of us. Who hasn\u2019t felt cheated in discovering that a product wasn\u2019t what they expected?<\/strong> Who hasn’t seen the need to keep a close eye on their belongings while watching a street show in crowded places like the Rambles in Barcelona? Online scams are these events, but focused on the digital realm, which involves the theft of our identity or our money through various shenanigans, just like in real life.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fundamental reason why they are booming is that, in the face-to-face world, we have much more experience in avoiding them. We have been doing it all our lives, while online fraud is a new event for most of us<\/strong>, and\u00a0they are much more difficult to avoid, especially for those who are not yet fully accustomed to the digital realm. How can we protect ourselves?<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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