A friend ask you for money on facebook, whatsapp, …
100% of time it is a scammer!!! To avoid them, just ask for a video call to assert the identity of the person asking for money. If he refuse to take a video call, report the profile as taken over, alert immediately all your friends!
Protect yourself from unwanted calls
- NEVER EVER pick up a phone call that is not identified. Google their number first or install a free call identifier app like local.ch
- Your phone provider, swisscom, wingo, … have a telemarketting filter. Check that it is active
- Take time to bvlock everytime the unwanted phone number. These are bots, it will have no emd, but it is still your best move.
- On iPhone you can silence caller not in your contacts list.
If you find the number in Google later and it is legit, you can always call back.
Unwanted calls
These are not listed in local.ch and are as such unwanted calls. I list them here so you dont pick up
- +41 78 739 89 32
- +41 78 318 41 00
- +41 76 500 42 68
- +41 78 878 38 61
- +41 76 442 35 07
- +41 79 463 46 02
- +41 77 424 20 70
- +41 78 241 16 34
- +41 79 342 60 25
- +41 78 649 13 54
- +41 77 772 70 93
- +971 50 792 9970 (Dubai)
- +41 79 379 59 80
For obvious reasons, also NEVER EVER open any unwanted PDF. Even the one for a job offer! ideally open in a virtual machine or better not at all.
