As mentioned in my initial article there is/was a new scam app, ‘shoppingmall’ (update in the initial article), in town that got quite a lot of people buzzing as it basically gave away money in return for a few clicks. Now, as of 8 February 2021, reports are coming in that users can’t withdraw their funds anymore – which isn’t really a surprise to be honest. We’re not here to throw shade though but to show you what you can do if you got caught in that scam:
Call / go to the police
This one is obvious but lots of people will not do it for several reasons. Saving face, being scared to look stupid, or thinking it won’t help. If you don’t try, you never know though and the police actually as a pretty big cyber crime division so it might actually work. Don’t let the bad guys get away with it and cast your pride aside, admit you got fooled and go to the police. There the…
