Hi readers!
This week’s topic is about telemarketing
fraud.
Have you ever heard telemarketing fraud happen
to someone you know?
Or have you yourself happened to experience
telemarketing fraud?
Or YOU yourself ever done the fraud to
someone? (hahaha.com)
Well,
at its core, Telemarketing Fraud is
a pretty simple crime: someone calls the victim, makes a false statement, and
the misrepresentation causes the victim to give money to the caller. This
definition can cover a large variety of scams. Here is the graphic:
To
make it short,,,,, the writer will just write the tips to avoid for this kind
of fraud to happen to readers, so,,, first of all, we’ll need to know what kind
of signs to be watched out: High-pressure
sales techniques that is used by the person who persuades us; Insistence on an immediate action from
him/her; She/he offers product/stuff/something
that sounds too good to be true; She/he requests for your credit card number for any purpose other than to make a
purchase (It’s kind of obvious by then); It is an offer to get your money quickly;
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VDzylQ8PB6M/Vzsp0ITbYUI/AAAAAAAAAv8/ZaQkXLio9vYK0I4B4Hl-BcUODfLR7PJCgCLcB/s200/fraud-alert-sign.jpg)
Now, what
can we do to avoid being a victim? First of all, we can practice ourselves not
to be quick when we make an important decision. Second, we can request
written information about organization and product or investment. Third, we
have to remind ourselves not to buy anything on terms if we don’t fully
understand it yet. Fourth, we can request the name of the federal agency by/with
whom the firm is regulated or registered. Fifth, we investigate the company or organization. Sixth, we
can ask and find out about refund, return, and cancellation policies. Seventh,
we must not believe testimonials which we can’t verify yet. Eighth,
we shouldn’t provide any personal financial information at first, and if
we must, hang up the phone. So, in conclusion, we need to practice to be cynical sometimes. We kind of need to know
that it’s time to leave naivety world alone, if we want to live and do things
efficiently and effectively, really (oh, sorry for being so philosophical.)
As always,
best
of luck, readers!
See you on next week's post “Saving and Investment”!!
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