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Financial safety

Protect Your Money

Recognise scams, pressure tactics and unsafe requests before they cost you.

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Urgency is often part of the trap.

A promoter who demands immediate payment is trying to remove the time you need to verify the claim.

  • Do not send money because a countdown is ending
  • Verify the business independently
  • Never share passwords or one-time PINs
  • Ask how losses can occur—not only how profits are made
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