If you’re a parent, you know how hard it is to know everything your child is doing on the Internet. Many kids find a lot of online games with their friends to play after school and chat via the game’s online chat services. There’s one game, in particular, that has risen in popularity over the years, and that video game is called Roblox. This game allows you to build anything you want, from mini-games, virtual worlds, to just a basic house. Even if you don’t like building things online or aren’t interested in designing a mini-game, you can still create an account to explore the different worlds with your friends. However, scammers know just how popular this game has become and will do anything to trick your kids out of their account or Robux. Here are some ways you can help your child avoid Roblox scams.<\/p>\n
Scammers either put a pop-up on your kid’s screen or links in the chat bar, telling them that if they click on the link they can get free Robux or other in-game items. They are then taken to some phishing website<\/a> that will either infect your device with malware or try and steal your child’s Roblox account.<\/p>\n If they fell for the phishing attack, there could be a chance that they went on a malicious website. This website tells them to download something in order to get free Robux or other resources for their game. However, once they download that file, the program infects your device with malware that steals your data, including stored usernames, passwords, personal information, and banking information.<\/p>\n Also on phishing websites, scammers lure your children in with free in-game items and tell them that all they need to do is enter their username and password if they want it. The information is then sent to the scammer so that they can hack into your child’s account.<\/p>\n A pop-up appears claiming that maintenance needs to be done to the website. It then says to continue playing, you need to log-in and enter your username and password. What your children don’t know is that this is a fake log-in page that gives scammers their log-in details so that they can steal their accounts.<\/p>\n When is Roblox actually under maintenance?<\/strong><\/p>\n Scammers can create bots, which are automated programs that do the tasks the scammers programmed them to do. These bots are programmed to create a fake account on Roblox and get as many children as they can to click the phishing links which “supposedly” get them free Robux. The more bots that do this and the more bots the scammer has, the more money the scammer makes.<\/p>\n A scammer can pretend to be a child with a Roblox account and befriend your child. Once your child’s trust is gained by the scammer, they then ask them to click on links to get free Robux. Since your child trusts their so-called “friend”, they listen to the scammer. Unfortunately, this link either steals your child’s account information or installs malware on their device.<\/p>\nFake Maintenance Scam<\/h3>\n
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Bot Scams<\/h3>\n
Catfishing Scams<\/h3>\n
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