7-10digital-safety

Too good to be true

Discover too good to be true and why it matters for your financial safety and decisions.

In this lesson

Too good to be true 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.

Think about this money choice

Your cousin made ₦200,000 from a platform in one week. She shows you the app.

How it works

Double your money in 24 hours. Free phone for sharing details. RUN.

Try a real-life example

Real-life money moment: Think about a time when too good to be true affected a money decision.

Activity preview

Try the challenge

Use what you learned to complete this short challenge.

Quiz preview

Someone offers to double your 10000 in local currency in 24 hours. This is:

Almost certainly a scam

A great opportunity

A government program

A bank promotion

An Instagram ad: 'Double your money in 24 hours! Trusted by 50,000 Nigerians! Limited slots — act now!' What category does this fall into?

Legitimate — social proof of 50,000 users confirms it for the typical person

Possibly real — test with a small amount as a reliable approach under normal conditions

Check the Instagram page before deciding given the circumstances

Classic too-good-to-be-true scam — doubling money in 24 hours is economically impossible legitimately; social proof is fabricated