Unscrupulous Internet users often come up with fraud schemes that involve children.
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Explain to your child that free cheese is only in a mousetrap, because such fake offers illustrate exactly this rule of life.Scammers inform the child that he has won a prize, but to receive it, a small payment must be made (100-200 hryvnia).
As a result, the money goes to the fraudster, and the prize, of course, turns out to be fiction.
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Information about the financial condition of the family is collected under various pretexts that promise trouble for adults. Talk to your baby about the fact that strangers on the Internet, regardless of the age indicated in the profile or the photo, cannot be told anything about yourself or send photos.
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Many teenagers already have payment bank cards, they can become the target of fraudsters hunting for money stored on plastic card accounts. Warn your child that any suspicious information about their account status should be shown to adults.Borrow 100 hryvnia, please
Sometimes scammers hack people's accounts and send messages to their friends asking them to borrow funds. In this case, be sure to check the sender by asking him what only a real person can know.
4 types of online scams your kids should know about / istockphoto.com
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