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Catholic Schools Office Diocese of Maitland - Newcastle
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Financial Exploitation

Financial Exploitation is made possible through the harvesting of personal information that may include credit card and mobile phone account details through the use of cleverly disguised websites and other downloaded programs e.g. Trojans and viruses. The following information guides for parents may be of interest and assistance in ensuring that your children are able to reduce the risk of being financially exploited when using the internet or mobile internet enabled devices:

Click on the images below. The links provide information about the risk disguised website pose:
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The following video might be useful for parents as a discussion focus around the issue of computer security: