🛒 Worksheet: Shopping and money online

1. Mark ✅ or ❌

1. Check the website address, the contact details and the returns policy.
2. Don't click a “payment link” that a buyer sends you.
3. Ask a parent before you buy anything online.
4. Don't believe offers that are 70–90% cheaper on well-known products.
5. Pay with a virtual/prepaid card or a well-known payment service.
6. Search for the shop's name + “scam” or “reviews” before you buy.
7. Don't pay strangers by bank transfer, crypto or gift cards.
8. Never share your CVV, PIN, SMS codes or online banking password.

2. Choose the correct answer

1. What is the clearest sign of a fake online shop?

   • A) It has a colourful logo
   • B) It sells well-known products at 80% off and only accepts bank transfers
   • C) It has a contact page with an address
   • D) It has a clear returns policy

2. A buyer asks for your card's CVV “so they can send you the money”. What is this?

   • A) A normal procedure
   • B) A scam – you don't need a CVV to receive money
   • C) A request from the bank
   • D) A faster way to pay

3. You're 13 and want to buy a skin in a game. What do you do?

   • A) I use Mum's card without telling her
   • B) I ask a parent and we buy it together
   • C) I give my password to a friend so they can buy it for me
   • D) I buy it from a website offering 90% off

3. Think and write

1. Write five signs that an online shop might be a scam.

2. Why is cash on delivery or paying by card safer than a transfer to a personal account?

3. Work it out: how much does a €0.99 purchase every day cost over a year?

4. Write three questions you would ask before buying from a shop you don't know.

5. Why should children only shop online together with their parents?

6. What does a family do if they pay and the order never arrives?

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