QR Code and Text Scams: Stop Before You Scan
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Recognise fake QR codes and scam texts, check before you scan or tap, and report them so others are protected.
- Assign to
- All staff, at work and at home
- Duration
- 25 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise where fake QR codes turn up.
- Check a code and the page it leads to before entering anything.
- Spot scam texts.
- Report scams to 7726 and the NCSC.
The course
- 01How QR scams work
- 02Scam texts
- 03Reporting
The decision they practise
In the main activity, “Check the parking page”, learners fix a realistic form and see the effect of each choice. Short animations show “Where the risk is” and “What one report does”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
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Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Fraud Act 2006
- UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018
- Computer Misuse Act 1990
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
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