As a student it is not easy handling a balance between the academic life, the social life, and the financial life. Specially when the financial balance can be compromised by scams.
During tax season which Ontario is entering soon, there is always a bigger rise on scams. This is why students and people in general should know what the correct actions to take are when handling these scams.
Fanshawe IT Worker, Abhinav Tewari says that the main reason students fall for scams is because they don’t read and pay attention. Here is the main tip he gives.
“Try to be focused on what you get. If you’re getting an E-mail, just read the content of the E-mail. Who is sending it if you were expecting any E-mail from that person specifically, right.”
The best way to tell if an E-mail is fake, Tewari says is by looking at the spelling and formatting of the E-mail.
“Sometimes just in the E-mail body you can see the mistakes in its spellings, it doesn’t line up with the formatting and all that and the E-mail is being sent by a personal E-mail address.”
Always be aware and sure about the links and documents you’re receiving are legitimate and never open them from the message they were received from until you have verified their authenticity.
Here are Tewari’s thoughts about the future of scams.
“Well, there could be a lot of things that can be done and cannot be done, right. We are now moving to AI stuff, right as well. So, the more we are falling towards the technology, the more these kinds of things can be coming as well.”
The best way to ever get rid of any doubt about whether the message you received is a scam or not is by calling the real number of whoever the scammer is posing as. Make sure to stay safe while filing taxes and always question everything you receive before taking further action.
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