How scammers target teens online
Discover how scammers target teens online and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.
In this lesson
How scammers target teens online is part of Recognising Financial Scams. 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.
Today’s money mission
A "recruiter" on Instagram offers a job — likes your posts, builds trust for weeks, then asks for a ₦10,000 "registration fee."
How it works
Game chats, social media DMs, fake giveaways. Be alert.
Try a real-life example
Real-life money moment: Think about a time when how scammers target teens online affected a money decision.
Activity preview
Try the challenge
Use what you learned to complete this short challenge.
Quiz preview
Scammers target teens through:
A new contact on your game's chat offers you rare items in exchange for your mobile money login. What is happening?