Signposting: E-Safety

Staying safe online

E-Safety: Being a victim of fraud can be detrimental to mental health, here are some games you can play to become more aware of how to prevent being scammed.

Take Five is a national campaign raising awareness of phone and online scams where for example, criminals impersonate trusted organisations.

MoneySavingExpert have a guide on avoiding copycat sites.

RBS have a latest scams to look out for section including Romance scams, Cryptocurrency Scams, and Cost of Living Scams.

Hargreaves Lansdown have written about signs of an investment or pension scam.

Take the Barclay’s bank fraud prevention quiz to test your knowledge.

Lloyds have information on how to spot scam email or texts.

OR Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities has produced a staying safe online disability-friendly document.

Also, Our Safety Centre has done Safety Cards on staying safe on popular platforms online.

Plus, Stop It Now help with preventing sexual abuse, Ann Craft Trust has published signs to look out for regarding adult grooming with a disability-friendly publication.

Here’s a link to check if your personal data has been compromised, just type in your email to do a search. 1Password, like google passwords, can offer to notify you and prompt a change of passwords as and when.