Digital, AI & Creative Skills
Scams, Risks, And Defenses
This lesson helps students recognise common online scams and respond safely. They learn the main scam patterns, practise quick checks, and create a Scam Spotter note for situations they may face.
What you will learn
- Recognise common online scam patterns and why they can work.
- Understand why careful people can still be caught by scams.
- Use a short checklist to check suspicious messages quickly.
- Create a Scam Spotter note for the scams you are most likely to meet.
What happens in this lesson
Chapter 1: The Four Common Patterns
Recognise common online scam patterns and why they can work.
What you make: A saved patterns note listing one real or realistic example of each of the four common scam patterns.
Chapter 2: Why Smart People Fall
Understand why careful people can still be caught by scams.
What you make: A saved humility note describing one specific situation where the student could plausibly have fallen for a scam, and why.
Chapter 3: Fast Defences
Use a short checklist to check suspicious messages quickly.
What you make: A saved defence drill note walking through the fast checklist on one real or realistic message.
Chapter 4: Scam Spotter
Create a Scam Spotter note for the scams you are most likely to meet.
What you make: A saved Scam Spotter note covering the most likely scam types the student will encounter, the specific red flags for each, and the defence steps the student will use.
Chapter 5: When The Scam Looks Real
Choose a safe response when a possible scam looks believable.
What you make: A saved ambiguity playbook with three realistic borderline scam cases and the decision rule used for each one.
Chapter 6: Scams In The AI Era
Understand how AI can make scams look more believable and how to respond safely.
What you make: A saved AI-era scam analysis note explaining three ways AI changes scams and the matching defence for each change.
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