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Safe and Calm Online

A course for anyone who wants to use their phone, email and the internet with confidence – especially our parents and grandparents. Using real cases from 2025–2026, we show how scammers work and how to recognise them. And what to do if something has already happened. Seven lessons of 8–10 minutes, large print, no rush and no jargon. The course comes with a printable fridge cheat sheet and a certificate of completion. Updated: October 2026.

7 lessonsabout 65 minutesquizzes and interactive games★ Premium

€19.90

one-off payment, no subscription

  • ✓The complete course with practical exercises
  • ✓Downloadable templates and worksheets
  • ✓Certificate on completion
  • ✓Access without registering – via a code sent by email

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Course contents

  1. 1Why smart people fall for scams – and one rule that protects youScammers don’t target your reason, they target your feelings. Learn to spot the levers they pull, and one rule that always protects you.Free sample lesson
  2. 🔒When the phone ringsThe fake banker, the fake police officer, the ‘grandchild in trouble’ and a voice made by artificial intelligence. How to recognise them, and why hanging up is the best answer.
  3. 🔒Phone messages: links and codesWhere a link really leads, why a text message code is like your front-door key, and how to secure WhatsApp.
  4. 🔒Money within reach: investments, prizes and fake celebritiesVideos with famous faces, ‘guaranteed returns’ and firms that promise to get your lost money back. What an investment scam looks like, from the first advert to the last euro.
  5. 🔒Health and shopping: miracle cures and fake shopsMade-up professors, cheap ‘hearing aids’ with only a ‘few left’, and online shops with no address. How to shop without worry.
  6. 🔒Who is behind it? New acquaintances, fake profiles and chain messagesA kind ‘doctor on a mission’, a neighbour’s second friend request and a ‘send to everyone’ chain email. Three questions that expose most scams and untruths.
  7. 🔒When it happens – and how to stay protected for goodWhat to do in the first hour, why there’s no need for shame, and how to stay safe for good. At the end you’ll find a short practice quiz and your certificate.