How to Avoid Getting Scammed

Name: How to Avoid Getting Scammed
Rating: 4.3 (10 reviews)

Learn avout some of the more common scams out there

Created byJosée Dumouchel

Last updated 8/2023

English

What you'll learn

Some of the more current scams out there
How to spot a scam
Techniques to remain safe when online or on the phone
Where to report a scam

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 37m total length

Introduction0:39
This is an introduction to the course. It details what will be discussed in future chapters.

I appologize for the video quality. This was filmed on my iPhone and uploaded to this site as is. However, the site seems to have stretched out the image. What is important is the audio, so please pay attention to it.
Common Telephone Scams5:16
Examples of telephone scams.
Email Scams4:56
Examples of email scams
Scams by Text Messaging3:30
Examples of scams using text messages
05 Scams Using Dating Sites5:56
Trojans vs viruses, VPN and Cloned Sites4:48
What's the difference between a trojan and a virus? What are VPN? What is a cloned Website? How to avoid this.
How to Spot and Avoid a Scam6:40
Learn how to spot and avoid scams.
Summary and Report Scams5:46
Summary of the chapters and where to report scams

Requirements

No experience nor equipment (other than your computer) needed

Description

In today's society, it is easy to fall for some scams out there ...

Emails that state you have won a prize or the sob story stating the scammer works for a bank and their client died leaving millions in the bank, and they need someone to claim this amount, as they are unable to do it
Telephone calls from various companies or governments stating you owe them money or there is a warrant for your arrest. A robot from a company that calls and it is another language.
Text messages stating you won something, casinos sending text messages with free spins or free money to bet and, to claim your prize, all you have to do is click on the link.

This new and innovative course was designed to help individuals learn how to recognize some of the more common scams out there, so that they can avoid getting scammed. It also teached them about reporting these scams.

Some of the types of scams the participants will learn about are the following:

Telephone scams
Email scams
SMS / MMS (text messages) scams
How to spot a Website that is secure
Cloned Websites
VPN
Where to report a scam
Etc.

Lear how to spot these scams and what to do with them.

Who this course is for:

Anyone whishing to learn how to avoid getting scammed