Are you aware of the perils of the world’s no. 1 social media? Do you know how to avoid scams and stay safe on TikTok?
TikTok continues to shock us all by breaking records and widening its audience, yet unfortunately with such a broad reach, scammers inevitably remain not too far behind. In only six years it has become the dominant social media platform for sharing and viewing short videos and now boasts that viewers in the UK and US are spending more time on TikTok than on YouTube.
Cybercriminals are very creative and always follow trends closely, even predicting change before the masses in order to maximize the outcome of their techniques. Not too many years ago, there were only a few platforms to use to target new victims while leaving little evidence and unlikely to face any repercussions. The dark web became a place to buy and sell contraband, but the numbers didn’t ever really hit the relative big time with the audiences such that those taking advantage of the technology could actually achieve their wildest dreams.
Con artists have seen the growth in social media coming and soon began using various platforms to carry out scams of all sorts. TikTok has over 1.2 billion daily users, so the numbers are there for the taking. Furthermore, while in an app that people are scrolling minute after minute, even hour after hour, scams can easily catch…
