7-10digital-safety

Recognising suspicious links

Discover recognising suspicious links and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

Recognising suspicious links is part of Online Safety Fundamentals. This preview shows how digital-safety connects to everyday family decisions such as earning, saving, spending choices, goals, approvals, or parent-guided money conversations inside Progress Penguin.

Think about this money choice

A link arrives saying you won a prize. The URL says "gtb4nk-secure.com".

How it works

Hover. Check the URL. Strange? Don't click.

Try a real-life example

Real-life: A link arrives saying "gtb4nk-alert.com/verify." The real GTBank site is "gtbank.com." That extra "4" is the entire difference between safe and fraud.

Activity preview

Try the challenge

Use what you learned to complete this short challenge.

Quiz preview

Before clicking a link, you should:

Click immediately

Check the URL and sender

Share it first

Forward to friends

You receive a link: 'http://access-bank-ng.secure-login.com'. Is this Access Bank's real website?

Yes — it mentions Access Bank in practical terms in this situation

Cannot tell from the URL in this situation as a general rule

No — the real domain is accessbankplc.com; this link uses a fake domain designed to look real

Yes — it has 'secure' in the name for the typical person