A way to explore SMS: Social Media Scams for a secure Digi-world
Nalini Subramanian, G. Shobana, S. Nikkath Bushra, K. Uma Maheswari · 2021 5th International Conference on Electronics, Communication and Aerospace Technology (ICECA) · 2021
Social media is a revolutionary phenomenon, which deals with how consumers look for information, interact with their work and communicate with one another. There are billions of active users in various social medias like Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram with numbers that go up to one million every day. This provides way for criminals to use a wide range of tactics to connect and commit fraud. Constantly using innovative ways to access the personal data is achieved by Scammers. Social media scams degrade the trust of consumers. This paper focuses on scams and provides different ways to various agencies to improve safety and minimize harmful damages. It helps in upgrading the consumer awareness on social media scams which is the heart and soul for a secure Digi-world.