Protect Yourself

Medicscales always mention in their policies that their top priorities are quality and user safety. While Medicscales always attempt to create a safe environment for buying medicines and other healthcare products, consumers must also take responsibility for protecting themselves against pharmaceutical misuse, digital scams, disinformation, and illegal access to private data. 

This policy is also a guide that will help consumers understand the steps they can take to safeguard their health information and personal data while using Medicscales’ services. 

How To Detect Digital Scams? 

The very basic step to stay protected from digital scams is to check the legitimacy of the portal before you even digitally step into it. Authentic websites tend to be open about their rules, security procedures, and customer service information. To determine the credibility of a site, seek approved site security certifications and employ unbiased web-checking tools. 

Sometimes these fraudulent websites are hard to spot at first, but as time passes, some red flags may become more apparent. Here are a few of those red flags; 

• After accessing the site, you may get regular unwanted or marketing emails that you haven’t subscribed to in the first place.
• Being given exaggerated discounts, deals, or promises that appear too tempting.
• Experiencing numerous pop-ups, dubious ads, or surfing interruptions that degrade the user experience.

Medicscales Strict Policy Against Scams 

Medicscales strictly stands against fraudsters and fraudulent activities. Hence, we never send you any mass or fraudulent emails. All of our emails are either transactional or support-focused. Before seeing advertising texts or emails, you will constantly be requested for approval.

Scammers’ Ways Of Using Social Media To Cheat 

Social media is a trending weapon for scammers to leverage in order to deceive innocent users. These bogus pages frequently look real at first sight, rendering it difficult to identify the hazards until private or financial data has been supplied. 

To stay protected, do not transact directly from URLs provided via social networking site posts, adverts, messages, or comments. Still, if the website looks too tempting and attracts you to visit it, note its name and visit it independently from your own browser. Going the extra mile will help you understand the genuineness of the website and thereby make your shopping experience safer. 

Ways To Stay Protected 

The following are some basic but effective techniques that can help lower the danger of digital scams and bogus activities by scammers. 

• Do not click on links provided in social media postings, comments, or unwanted communications sources. 
• Be wary about opening unusual emails, especially ones asking for private, financial, or account-related information. 
• Before proceeding with any actions, make sure to check whether the email was sent from an official domain or not. 
• Make sure to bookmark the original website once you visit it and access it from that bookmark. Because sometimes scammers replicate real portals into fake ones by messing with spellings and letters in order to deceive the customers. 
• If you are using Chrome, Firefox, or any other browser, make sure to turn on the security features of that browser. This will enable users to get warnings if they are about to enter a potentially harmful website.  

Block Spam Calls And Messages Effectively

Some Android phones have a built-in feature of alerting users when scam calls are detected. If your phone doesn’t have that feature, don’t worry, because there are many applications available in the market that render the same duty. Upon installation, the app will detect the spam calls and alert you. Moreover, it will also offer you to block the number permanently or report it as spam.  

How To Report Scams & Fraudulent Activities

If you suspect any fraud in the name of Medicscales, make sure to report it to our official e-mail by attaching a screenshot of the suspicious activity. This will allow us to further analyse the situation and take the appropriate steps to safeguard our consumers. We sincerely value your help in exposing scams and fraudulent acts.