You are at work and your child is relaxing, playing an online game at home. Similar is the situation of millions of other children across the globe. But mind it, scammers are doing the same right now!
Children are attracted by winning-game points and freebies. And that’s where frauds happen the most. You may preach your child from not falling to strangers, but can you protect them from being tricked?
- Track their social media activity
- Monitor calls and messages
- Get real-time location updates
- Ensure their safety with advanced parental controls
That is what TiSPY Game Time Tracker is built for.
How Online Gaming Scams Catch Kids Off Guard
Scammers know a certain pattern:
- Kids are easy prey to trust due to their innocent minds
- They love to win games and goodies around those
- And they hate to look foolish in front of other players
Scammers know all this and more; thus they have a simple playbook:
- Offer something free.
- Create a rush deal like ‘Only 10 minutes left!”
- And once the kids fall for it, they demand a password or a code and ask the child to click on a link.
Whatever is the game being played, most online gaming scams follow this pattern.
The US Federal Trade Commission and other consumer groups have been repeatedly warning parents to stay alert. Still scams continue to happen because fraudsters keep changing the tricks.
Online Gaming Scams – What Parents Must Be Aware Of
- When gaming sessions are not looked after by parents’ supervision, scams are more likely to happen
- When children play games at night, their tired brains fall prey to scams easily
- Long gaming sessions mean long chats with stranger players; long sessions also mean chasing quick rewards and getting tricked faster
With the TiSPY Game Time Tracker, you can easily see how much time your child spends gaming.
You can also track what all the websites your child visits short, gaming sessions are no longer a mystery for you.
A Glimpse into the Main Types of Gaming Scams
1. Roblox Adopt Me Scams: The Trade That Goes Wrong
Adopt Me is one of the most popular games on Roblox.
Here the players collect rare pets by hatching and trading points. And when the word rare comes, it generates an urge in the children to buy such pets/trade them for points they won.
Now, here is where the trouble begins.
In Roblox Adopt Me scams, kids get a ‘great deal’ to swap pets. But when it comes to actual swap, the scammer will change the swap deal. The child earns less and is unable to buy the rare pet. Then they are given an offer to ‘Click this link,” or ‘Give me your password” and I’ll give you free pets.”
That’s where the kids fall prey to this scam.
But with TiSPY Game Time Tracker, you can easily track these fake giveaway scams.
2. Minecraft Phishing: The Fake Download
Minecraft is built on mods, servers and skins. Here children are required to download gaming elements etc all the time. And this is a very weak spot in the gaming universe.
Minecraft phishing often comes as an offer for a free skin, a “cheat” mod or a server invite.
Now, with this offer the scammer can easily take the player to a fake login page. Once your child saves his/her details on the page, the scammer owns the child’s account. And can now play via that account.
What TiSPY game tracker will alert you to is how much time your child spends gaming. You easily get to know when the playing time is spiking or being spent on a new server – or the login is happening when your child is with you and not playing. And accordingly, you can quickly do a safety talk with the child and put an end to his troubles even before they begin.
3. Fortnite V Bucks Scams: Free Currency That Costs You
V-Bucks are Fortnite’s in-game money. They cost real money. So when someone offers “free V-Bucks,” to your child it’s always a scam, because there is no free V-Bucks machine.
The maker of Fortnite, Epic Games, has clearly listed that on their website. So when your child, who is unaware of this, clicks a link, the scammer simply takes over your child’s account.
This game has a wallet loaded with actual money or is linked to the credit card. The scammers often ask children to share the card number ‘to check the account.’ And when that’s done by the child, the actual money swipe scam happens.
You cannot track your child always, but TiSPY Game Time Tracker can.
4. Discord Game Scams Happen Via Direct Messages
In the Discord online game, players talk to each other. They also engage in private chats.
Discord game scams include fake “free Nitro” gifts and giveaways. At times scammers offer free accounts as rewards. These accounts are the ones they had previously hacked.
Your child will feel: ‘Oh, I play with this boy daily.’
So, when he gets the message “Check this out,” he will easily click the link. This one click means the account is now hacked. Now, the scammer can send messages on behalf of your child to everyone in his contact list and scam them too.
TiSPY Game Time Tracker helps you spot these unfiltered long play hours at night, when such scams happen.
TiSPY Game Time Tracker – Your Child’s Savior
It gives you:
- Real and clear play-time numbers
- You also get every game’s insight. In simple words, you can actually track what your child did in every game.
- The tracker provides details of night hours; long hours of play; actual play time durations etc. So you can spot the trouble before it hits.
Let us make one thing clear that TiSPY Game Time Tracker cannot replace a sharp parent or block gaming scams. We can only provide you with time data and facts to act before the child hits a trouble spot. We also clearly mention that this has to be done as per the law of the land where you live.
As a Smart Parent Five Things to Do Today
- Inform your child that any kind of ‘free” offers are mostly a trap.
- Never share a password with anyone beyond your own parents.
- Install a two-step login for your child’s gaming account.
- Either set strict payment limits for gaming or remove access to all payment cards from your child’s gaming account.
- And above all, with the child’s consent, install TiSPY Game Time Tracker to see who keeps contacting your child.
Get Started with TiSPY Game Time Tracker…. Now
The scammers will just get smarter with time and so should you! So, if your child is online tonight and if you are anxious about it, then you must start your free trial of TiSPY Game Time Tracker.
Smart measures to ensure safe device usage by your children.
