Cifas, a leader in fraud prevention, has published an article about “How to Protect Yourself Against Online Fraud”. We would like to repost for our users references:
Stay safe from online scams: 5 top tips
1) Check your social media privacy settings
You can prevent online identity fraud by making sure you have your privacy settings on your social media set appropriately. Do not share information with people you don’t know.
2) Be wary of unsolicited messages
You can reduce your vulnerability to identity crime by being wary of unsolicited emails, calls and texts asking you for information about your passwords, logins or other security details.
3) Choose strong and different passwords
You can stay safer online by using strong passwords. You could, for example, use three random words, and also use capitals, numbers and punctuation in the password. Make sure you use different passwords for different accounts.
4) Update your device’s software
Make sure you have updated the software on your devices. When that pop-up says ‘update now’, click or tap to accept.
5) Be careful when using public Wi-Fi
Always be cautious when using public Wi-Fi. You can use it for general browsing, but never use it for shopping or banking.
Source: https://www.cifas.org.uk/services/identity-protection/how-to-stay-safe-from-online-scams
How to Setting privacy on SafeChat
- Open More (…) tab
- Choose Privacy & Security
- Navigate to Privacy:
- Block List: List of blocked users which were blocked by you. You can remove them from this list
- Allow blocked users to view my profile: If this ON, it means that your profile will be seen by everyone included blocked people
- Allow to receive messages from strangers: If this ON, it means that you will get messages from unknown users, some of them maybe scammers. Keep yourself safe.
- Allow others to request friend: If this ON, it means that people can request you to be a friend. Then you can accept or reject it if you want. While waiting for your feedback, they can send you messages as strangers if you allow them to.
- My profile Privacy Settings: Manage how people view your personal information (including searching by Email/Phone, Birthday, Year of birth, Status, Location, Bio, Friends List, Followers List, Following List). There are 3 level of settings:
- Everyone: Means every people who can reach your profile link can see your information
- Friends: Means who are in your friends list can see your profile in detail
- Only me: Means nobody can see your profile in detail