How to avoid scams
- Introduction
- Common Telephone Scams
- Email Scams
- Scams by Text Messaging
- 05 Scams Using Dating Sites
- Trojans vs viruses, VPN and Cloned Sites
- How to Spot and Avoid a Scam
- Summary and Report Scams
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
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.
The University of Sheffield
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About the instructors
- 4.67 Calificación
- 818 Estudiantes
- 1 Cursos
Josée Dumouchel
Formateur chez Centre Professionnel ELC
Ms. Dumouchel has more than 18 years' experience in training in languages (English and French), Avoiding Scams and Scammers, computers, Cloud, and mathematics at Centre Professionnel ELC. Also, she is able to translate from English to French and vice-versa, regardless of the field of activity.
Her students have always been satisfied with her courses and material. They have fun while learning.
Student feedback
4.67
Course Rating
Reviews
Julia Figueras Romero
09-09-2023
Very informative and useful! 👍Thank you!