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Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Infographic: How to Spot a Tech Support Scam
This infographic explains how tech support scammers contact you and what you can do to avoid a tech support scam.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Spam Scam Slam: Don't Be Fooled
Three rounds. Three strikes. Make it through this game, and it's clear you're on to spam scams and not likely to get slammed by the next one.
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Internet Scam Busters
This website provides up-to-date info on the current scams on the Internet. It also gives tips for avoiding scams and what to do if you have been scammed.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Avoiding Scholarship Scams
Every year, thousands of students and parents are defrauded by scholarship scams. By understanding how scholarship scams work, students can better arm themselves against scholarship scam artists. For this lesson, students will create a...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Scams: What's Your Ethical Viewpoint?
Students will identify how investment scams work, go inside an investment scam pitch, and create an ethical dilemma.
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Avoiding Internet Investment Scams: Tips for Investors
Worried about investment opportunities you learn about through the Internet? "Get the facts before you invest, and only invest money you can afford to lose. You can avoid online investment scams by asking and getting answers to three...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer: Job Scams
Tips for avoiding a job scam. Learn how to spot a job scam and what to do if you already sent money to someone who promised you a job?
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online: Spam and Scam Email
Virtually everyone with an email account can relate to the frustration of having to deal with suspicious email messages. This site provides some advice on how to deal with unwanted spam and phishing scams.
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Welcome to Phishing info.org. Learn How to Fight Email Scams Here
This site provides information about how phishing works, how to protect yourself and where to go for help.
Federal Trade Commission
On Guard Online: Phishing
This site contains an overview of phishing as well as a list of suggestions for avoiding phishing scams.
Practical Money Skills
Practical Money Skills: Watch Out for Phishing Scams
Cybercriminals are counting on us to be distracted and let our guard down. They can trick us into handing over our personal or financial information using phishing tactics.
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: You Are Here
In this interactive mall environment, students learn how to make smart decisions as consumers. Whether shopping for clothes, choosing the best food deal, searching for a job or buying a cellphone, students will learn how to recognize...
Next Gen Personal Finance
Next Gen Personal Finance: Financial Pitfalls
Lessons, activities, and projects to teach students about financial pitfalls such as scams, identity theft, and predatory lending.
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Ryerson University: Safety Online: Understanding Online Risks [Pdf]
This resource offers information on safety awareness, to empower students with the skills they need to understand the risks to both themselves and their devices when online - so they don't fall victim to scams or identity theft, or find...
Get Safe Online
Get Safe Online: Advance Fee Frauds
One type of internet fraud is the advance fee scam. Criminals promise huge returns on a small fee in advance. This article describes how to recognize some of the common advance fee scams and how to avoid them.
Cynthia J. O'Hora
Mrs. O's House: Consumer Protection Project
The media fills us in on the most recent scams around town and the nation. Taking part in this project will educated students on the scams that are out there and question the rights consumers have and the role governments should take in...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Credit Card Loss Protection
High school students need to know about credit cards, and they also need to know about credit card scams. One scam is the offer of completely unnecessary protection for credit cards.
University of Wisconsin
The Why Files: I Lost 84 Lbs!
The Why Files have provided a site pertaining to weight loss. The site explores several scams that have become popular as well as legitimate weight loss strategies.
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The Honeynet Project: Know Your Enemy Phishing
This site contains information about the tools, tactics and techniques used by phishing scams.
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U.s. Securities and Exchange Commission: Internet Fraud
"This alert tells you how to spot different types of Internet fraud, what the SEC is doing to fight Internet investment scams, and how to use the Internet to invest wisely."
Read Works
Read Works: Invisible Thieves
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about protecting yourself from scam emails. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: Consumer Resources
A great resource from the FDIC for "becoming an informed banking consumer." Learn all about consumer protection and gain important and useful facts about such topics as phishing scams, identity theft, consumer rights, new cheque clearing...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Secondary: Ages 11 18
Welcome to the Childnet Hub for young people aged 11-18. Choose a topic from the list of 20 for more information and help and advice about online safety and usage. It includes cyberbullying, gaming, fake news, live-streaming, phishing...
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Trade Commission: Consumer Information
The Federal Trade Commission has developed helpful investment articles and videos to assist consumers in making educated decisions about how they spend, manage and invest their money.
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