Notice pressure or fear
Scammers often demand an urgent decision or warn that something bad will happen.
A quick way to recognise suspicious messages, links and requests before responding.

Use these steps as a practical starting point.
Scammers often demand an urgent decision or warn that something bad will happen.
Look for misspellings, extra characters or a domain that does not match the real organisation.
Legitimate organisations should not ask you to send passwords or one-time verification codes.
Unexpected prizes, refunds and extremely low prices deserve extra checking.
Open the official app or type the official address yourself instead of using the message link.
Educational awareness content. It does not replace emergency, legal or specialist security support.