Recognise digital fraud, verify consequential requests and respond with practical next steps.
- Beginner
- About 3½–5 hours
- 18 lessons · 6 evidence activities
- Free with a learner account
Scope: Personal and workplace fraud prevention and response, with jurisdiction-specific rules identified in lessons. Country guides.
Completion certificate after completing the course and passing its assessments.
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Free course · Introductory practical training
Recognise digital fraud, verify consequential requests and respond with clear, practical next steps.
Work through phishing, account compromise, payment redirection, investment and relationship scams, convincing impersonation and the movement of fraud proceeds.
18 lessons · Six evidence activities · Self-paced · Free with a learner account
Completion: complete the lessons, pass the 18-question final assessment (at least 15 correct) and all four essential-control questions. Retakes are available without a time limit.
The self-reviewed capstone helps you apply the course approach. Earn a LearnAML Certificate of Completion by completing the lessons and passing both assessments.
Course audience, outcomes and practice
Who this course is for
Beginners, frontline and payment staff, and individuals seeking practical skills for personal and workplace settings.
What you will learn
- Separate an identity claim, requested action and pressure mechanism.
- Verify sensitive requests through established contact and approval routes.
- Recognise phishing, account compromise and payment-redirection patterns.
- Preserve useful evidence and choose practical response and reporting steps.
How you will practise
Work through 18 lessons and six evidence activities. Practise verification and response with fictional messages, request cards and a self-reviewed capstone.
Explore a lesson preview and short practice example
Lesson 1 preview
Separate a message into its identity claim, requested action and pressure mechanism, then decide what needs checking.
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Try a short practice example
Fictional training scenario · reflect before opening the feedback
A message using your director’s name asks you to buy CU 600 of gift cards and send the codes within ten minutes. A client event really is scheduled. What would you do first?
Compare your reasoning
Pause the purchase and verify the instruction through an established internal contact route. Retain the normal spending approval process. The scheduled event makes the story plausible; identity and authority still need verification.
Digital fraud skills you will practise
Recognise phishing and account takeover; verify business email compromise (BEC) and payment-redirection requests; assess investment, relationship and crypto scams; respond to AI-enabled voice impersonation; preserve evidence and choose appropriate reporting routes.
Connect these skills with a real case: Unatrac / Okeke business email compromise case. Course exercises use fictional scenarios.
What sources inform the course?
The lessons draw on official guidance, including FBI business email compromise guidance, FTC scam-response guidance and Europol money-muling guidance. Jurisdiction-specific requirements are identified within the lessons. These sources do not endorse LearnAML.
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Printable workbook and personal-account response aid are available after free enrolment.