Personal Finance - Job Scammers

• Employability
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)
• Higher Education (non-degree)

Personal Finance - Job Scammers

How to identify theft and scammers.

How to get  financial advice using Money Helper

What are you going to learn?

In this lesson you will learn:

• How to use the money helper website to get advice on personal finance and identifying different types of scams.
• How to protect yourself from online & face to face Job scammers.

Aims/obs

What do you know about
scammers ?

What does being scammed mean ?

What does it mean when someone scammed you?

A scam is any means someone uses to get you to part with your money. It is not always easy to spot a con or scam artist. But scammers know how to get around our better judgment. They play on our emotions or promise big payoffs to get us to act.

Task 1

Watch the YouTube video about Young adults and online Job scammers.

Write a paragraph about the various social media platforms they use and the ways they try to scam you.

Task 2

Watch the YouTube Video New Scams 2022 Then list all the new scams mentioned.

TASK 3

Watch Scams & Fraud  and How to Spot any Scam  YouTube Videos then complete the 2 quizzes.

Quiz: What tips were given to avoid being scammed ?

1. Keep track of all jobs applied for
2. Government agencies do not ask you to pay over the phone
3. Divulge personal info
4. not sure

QUIZ- What ways can you spot a scammer ?

1. By how they speak
2. not sure
3. Seo check & Reputation
4. No info on the about page e.g number or team

What do you know about
Money Helper or other Financial help websites ?

Task 4

Watch the YouTube Video What Money Helper ?

Then create a list of the  Financial advice they have to offer.

TASK 5

Visit the Money Helper website and read the article on the various types of scams.

Then in your own words explain what each one is.

www.moneyhelper.org.uk

www.moneyhelper.org.uk

www.moneyhelper.org.uk

The Money Helper website is important because

1. They help you to spend your money
2. Not sure
3. They wont be able to help you
4. They give you financial advice.

Money Helper is useful for

1. Giving you money
2. Not sure
3. Helping you to spend money
4. Helping you with financial advice

A deeper look at scammers !
rate your understanding

Very well

Quite well

Not well - Go back through the lesson in your own time

Revisit and get one to one help from your Tutor