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Pause and Check an Unexpected Message

Choose a safe next step without opening links or sharing a login code.

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An urgent message is not proof of authority. Pause before using its link or attachment. Check through a trusted route you already know, such as the official app or an established contact. A familiar display name alone is not proof of who sent it. Ask a trusted adult for help.

Worked example

A message claims your project will vanish unless you send a sign-in code. Do not send the code or use the message link. Ask a trusted adult and check the service through a known route.

MESSAGE CLAIM: Urgent project warning: Send your sign-in code. KNOWN CONTEXT: No sign-in started: No file expected. SAFER CHECK: Pause; keep codes private: Use an established contact.
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The Invented Project Warning

A fictional message displays the name Project Coach and says: Send your sign-in code now or lose your project. It also contains an unexpected attachment. You were not signing in or expecting a file. An established school help contact is available separately. This is a reading exercise: there is no real link, attachment, code or account to test.

Question 1 Should you send the sign-in code to the message sender?
Question 2 Does the display name Project Coach prove who sent it?
Question 3 Which route is better for checking the warning?
Question 4 Should you open the attachment to find out whether it is safe?
Question 5 If you already responded, what is a sensible next step?