English Idiom: Taken in
Even though we try as hard as we can, not to make mistakes, sometimes even the best of us get taken it.
There are many different scams on the Internet.
These scams are designed to trick us into giving up our secret data.
The scam artists want passwords or something as simple as our birthdate.
If we are taken in by a smooth and slick sales pitch, we give up our information to a con artist, and they try somehow to steal our money.
People are fooled every day by phishing attempts and fake emails designed to look authentic.
We have to be on our toes to avoid getting taken in or fooled by these scams.
The smarter we are at detecting these attempts, the better the con artists get at designing them.
Every week they look and sound more and more authentic.
Pay attention, stay on your toes and don’t be fooled.