🛡️ Internet Safety for Kids · Lesson 3 of 7
Scams and suspicious links
Fake prizes, urgent messages and strange links.
Signs of a scam
| You won! | But you never entered |
|---|---|
| Hurry! | “Only 10 minutes left”, “your account will be deleted” |
| Free stuff | Free Robux, V-Bucks, skins or an iPhone |
| Asks for details | Password, code, card number, address |
| Odd link | Misspelled names like rob1ox.com or paypa1.com |
Phishing
Phishing is a fake message that pretends to be from a real company — a game, a bank, Amazon, the post office — to make you click a link and type your password. The page looks real, but the address in the browser is wrong.
What to do
- Don’t click the link and don’t reply
- Don’t download files from messages you didn’t expect
- Show a parent
- If you want to check, open the real app or type the real website yourself
- Block and delete
Clicked already?
It happens to adults too. Tell a parent right away, change the password of that account, and turn on two-step verification. Telling quickly makes it much easier to fix.
Tip
💡 If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Look at a spam folder together and find 3 signs of scams
- Practice reading web addresses: which one is real?
- Agree on a family rule for unexpected links
- Check: does your game account have two-step verification?
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
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All lessons in Internet Safety for Kids
- 🔑 1. A strong passwordHow to make a password that is hard to guess, and who may know it
- 🙊 2. What not to sharePersonal details, photos and location
- 🎣 3. Scams and suspicious linksFake prizes, urgent messages and strange links
- 👤 4. Strangers onlineWho is behind the screen, strange requests and meeting up
- 🫂 5. Cyberbullying and group chatsWhat to do when someone hurts you or a friend online
- 🎮 6. Games, purchases and screen timeIn-game purchases, loot boxes and when to stop
- 🗣️ 7. Telling a trusted adultWhy to tell, who to tell, and what to say