Citizenship
CitizenshipFinancial education25 min★★ difficulty

Fraud, risk and consumer protection

Fraud often creates urgency, impersonates trust and asks for secrecy or unusual payment.

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Recognise financial risk, fraud and consumer protections

Key learning points

  • Pause and verify
  • Know your protections

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 13 parts to scroll through
  • 3 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

financialconsumerprotectionsverify

Scroll down — the lesson carries on below

Part 1 of 13 · Discover8%
1

Watch & discover

Part 1 of 13

Fraud, risk and consumer protection illustrationVisual introduction

Picture this

Fraud, risk and consumer protection

Fraud often creates urgency, impersonates trust and asks for secrecy or unusual payment.

In a nutshell

Recognise financial risk, fraud and consumer protections

2

Explore the idea

Part 2 of 13

Learn

Pause and verify

Do not use links or numbers in an unexpected message. Contact the organisation independently and never share a one-time code.

3

Explore the idea

Part 3 of 13

Learn

Know your protections

Keep records, contact the payment provider quickly and report fraud through official channels. Consumer rights vary by payment method and purchase.

4

Reset break

Part 4 of 13

Pause

That's sitting 1 of 3 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
5

Quick check

Part 5 of 13

Quick check

What is a common fraud tactic?

6

Quick check

Part 6 of 13

Quick check

Should you share a one-time code?

7

Quick check

Part 7 of 13

Quick check

How should you verify a message?

8

Reset break

Part 8 of 13

Pause

That's sitting 2 of 3 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
9

Challenge round

Part 9 of 13

Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

10

Challenge round

Part 10 of 13

Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

____ rights vary by payment method and purchase.

11

Challenge round

Part 11 of 13

Game · Recall cards

What is a common fraud tactic?

Card 1 of 3

12

Mastery quiz

Part 12 of 13

Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Fraud, risk and consumer protection

3 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. What is a common fraud tactic?

  2. 2. Should you share a one-time code?

  3. 3. How should you verify a message?

13

Lesson round-up

Part 13 of 13

Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

Not played

Points this lesson

0

Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 3 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

Ask Luna

Part 1 of 13 · Watch & discover

Good Learning Co. — personalised UK curriculum learning, built around what each learner loves.