Online scams advice hub
Celebrate Safer Internet Day 2025
This year’s Safer Internet Day theme is all about online scams.
Help children navigate and protect themselves from harmful online scams with our guidance below.
What’s inside the hub
Improve your understanding of scams in the online space, including how to prevent scams and deal with them if your child is a victim.

Learn about online scams
Discover the shape that scams can take online to help protect your child.

Prevent online scams
See what actions you can take to prevent your child from being scammed.

Deal with online scams
If your child sees a scam or becomes a victim, see what you can do to tackle it.


Tackling online scams interactive guide
Explore, download or print this guide to tackling scams online.
Featured online scam articles

Common online scams targeting teenagers
Explore common online scams with advice from finance expert Ademolawa Ibrahim Ajibade to help keep kids safe online.

Financial scams and the impacts on young people
Internet Matters finance expert, Ademolawa Ibrahim Ajibade, explores the impacts of financial scams on young people and offers advice to keep them safe.

How to tackle online scams
Our expert panel shares advice on how to identify and tackle online scams, including how young people might be impacted on social media and in games.

Keeping kids safe: What are phishing and ransomware?
As young people engage with the online space, they may fall victim to phishing and ransomware. To help prevent such harm, ESET provides guidance for parents.