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Video summary

This animated video looks at online scams – online scammers might appear to be connected to someone we know, but always check with the person offline to be sure.

Dylan is vlogging when he receives a message from his friend Izzy asking him to vote for her in a competition by sending back a screenshot of a link to reset his password.

When Izzy arrives she tells Dylan she hasn't messaged him and they both realise they've both been locked out of their accounts.

This video is from the series Financial education.

Teacher Notes

Central or big idea

Online scammers might appear to be connected to someone we know but always check with the person offline to be sure.

Questions to explore

• How can you protect yourself from online scams?
• How might you protect your online accounts from being hacked?

Key learning outcomes (Young Enterprise Financial Education Planning Framework)

9-11 - Upper KS2

• I know there are financial risks associated with spending money online e.g. scams and phishing.
• I can describe some ways to keep my money and personal information safe when using the internet e.g. protecting passwords and PINs.
• I understand some consequences of financial scams and how they might make me feel.

Key vocabulary and definitions

• Financial scams: scams that aim to steal money from someone
• Phishing: when criminals use emails, messages or phone calls to trick people into revealing personal details or paying them money
• Hacking: getting unauthorised access to someone’s account

Further information

This film is based on a scam known as 'I’m running for an ambassadorship position in an influencer program' on social media. It’s a scheme in which one of your ‘friends’ asks you to help them by voting for them in a fake competition.

The risk comes in the voting: The scammer will ask you to vote by sending you a personalised link which is actually a reset password URL for your account. The scammer will ask you to send them back a screenshot of the link but not to click on it. If you comply, they will manually input the URL at their end and gain access to your account, at which point they can reset your password, lock you out, and repeat the process with your friends and family.

Suggested activities

Online safety:

• Pause the video at the point that Dylan gets the first message from Izzy.
  • Which two scams has Dylan already avoided? (Someone wanting him to pay money so that he can earn money, a phishing email from a pretend bank).
  • How did he avoid them?
  • What advice would you give to Dylan about Izzy’s message?

Making the right choices:

• How might Dylan have worked out that the message was not really from Izzy? What advice might you give Izzy?
• How might she have protected her account (e.g. two step verification)?

What next:

• What might Dylan and Izzy do next to protect their accounts? Who should they talk to or contact?

Ideas for going further

• Your advice: What are your top tips to staying safe and protecting yourself from scammers online?

Links to other 91�ȱ� resources

• Bitesize: 3 common online scams and how you can protect yourself from them

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