{"id":14276,"date":"2021-11-16T09:09:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T17:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/blog\/?p=14276"},"modified":"2021-11-18T09:03:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:03:37","slug":"5-common-scams-targeting-teens-and-young-adults-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/5-common-scams-targeting-teens-and-young-adults-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Common Scams Targeting Teens and Young Adults 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the state of scams 2021, scams targeting teens and young adults are on the rise. It has been theorized that this is because younger generations are more willing to give their personal information more than older, more skeptical internet users. Here are the 5 most common types of scams targeting young people in 2021.<\/p>\n\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-photo-1186886.jpeg&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><b>Here are 5 Common Scams Targeting Teens and Young Adults in 2021:<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/job-scams\/\"><b>Job Scams<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/304-million-dollars-lost-to-romance-scams-during-covid-19-in-2020\/\">pandemic<\/a> made it <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/coronavirus-unemployment-scams-scammers-are-taking-advantage-of-your-unemployment-benefits\/\">difficult for young people to find work<\/a>. Scammers capitalized on this by dangling fake jobs that can be done remotely with high pay. They post on job sites and then request advanced payment for training.\u00a0 They ask for personal information during the \u201capplication process\u201d and use it to drain your bank and commit identity theft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>How to Avoid:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Be wary of any job that seems too good to be true or asks you for payment prior to beginning.\u00a0 Never provide information or bank accounts until you\u2019ve investigated the company thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/instagram-scams\/\"> <b>Instagram Influencer Scam<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Teens and young adults worship their favorite influencers. Scammers will create<a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/reverse-image-search-instagram\/\"> fake accounts that look just like the actual influencers&#8217; accounts<\/a>. They host a fake brand-sponsored contest and ask the \u201cwinner\u201d to pay a fee or provide their bank account to win the prize.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n[aesop_image  img=&#8221;https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-photo-4048595.jpeg&#8221; panorama=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; lightbox=&#8221;on&#8221; captionsrc=&#8221;custom&#8221; captionposition=&#8221;left&#8221; revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221; overlay_revealfx=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><b>How to Avoid: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never send money or bank information to anyone you do not know.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/romance-scammers-the-history-money-and-statistics-behind-romance-scams\/\"> <b>Romance Scams<\/b><\/a><b>: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also known as Catfishing, this is when scammers steal photos of good-looking people and target young, vulnerable people online.\u00a0 They make the victim fall in love and begin asking for money.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>How to Avoid: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never give money to anyone you meet online.\u00a0 If they will not video chat or meet, they are a scammer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/sextortion-scams-watch-out-for-these-types-of-blackmail-scams\/\"> <b>Sextortion Scams<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The advent of smartphones led to sexting which has now led to sextortion. Scammers pose as attractive people on <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/onlyfans-search-how-to-find-someone-on-onlyfans\/\">OnlyFans<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/snapchat-scams\/\">Snapchat<\/a>, hook the target, and move the conversation over to text.\u00a0 They send an explicit image and ask for one in return. Once received, they reveal themselves to be scammers and threaten to send the photo to all contacts in the person\u2019s phone and post the picture on the Internet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>How to Avoid: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid sending explicit images online or by phone. If the person you are falling for will not meet or video chat thinks twice before sending anything.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><b><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/online-shopping-scams-to-avoid-as-a-college-student\/\"> <b>Online Shopping<\/b><\/a><b>:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/scam-website-how-to-tell-if-a-website-is-fake\/\"> Fake websites<\/a> have been created that looks like an online store selling items at a huge discount.\u00a0 If you buy, the item never arrives, they pocket the money and <a href=\"https:\/\/socialcatfish.com\/scamfish\/identity-theft-report\/\">steal your credit card and personal information<\/a> for future online theft.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>How to Avoid: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure the website is not full of typos. If the \u201ccustomer service\u201d email is \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/gmail.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gmail.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d or \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/yahoo.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yahoo.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d that is a red flag. Research the company.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the state of scams 2021, scams targeting teens and young adults are on the rise. It has been theorized that this is because younger generations are more willing to give their personal information more than older, more skeptical internet users. 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