Safe checking — call a parent · 跟马丁学编程

Checking = a second channel

Safe checking means: when a message, a video or a profile claims something important and urgent, you do not take it only from chat. You check another way — best of all call a parent on a number in contacts, not on a number from the message.

A second channel = something other than that chat:

a call on a parent’s saved number
ask a teacher at school
in person at home: “Mum, did you write to me about money?”

A scammer sits in chat. A parent on the phone — that is a second channel.

⚠️

A number in a message “call here” is not checking. That can be the scammer. Always a number from contacts, which you have saved with a parent before the scam.

When to call immediately

an SMS / a video “from a parent” about money or an accident
“A teacher writes that you should pay something / send a photo”
a fake friend profile wants a secret
a prize that rushes
anyone wants an SMS code

The sentence:

“I do not know if this is true. I am calling a parent on the saved number. Wait.”

A real parent will wait. A scammer will push more.

💡

Agree a family password or sentence for urgent things — not in chat, at the table. For example: “When it is really urgent, I will call, I will not only send a message.” A scammer does not know the password.

Method in five steps

Stop — I do not click, I do not send money, I do not read a code.
Screenshot — if it is possible, for a parent.
Call on a parent’s saved number (or a second adult).
Describe shortly: “This arrived. What should I do?”
Only then — a parent decides: block, report, school.

What to say to a parent

“A message / a video arrived that … I did not click. Is it true? I am calling to check.”

That is not distrust. That is the course in practice.

How it fits the projects

🏠 Family rules. I check important things with a call, not only with chat.

📱 Audit. Parent contacts complete and named correctly.

Hunter finale — checking is the core of the whole level.

Now you 💪

With a parent: check saved contacts. Agree an urgent sentence or password. Once call a parent and practise the checking sentence — even if nothing is happening.

Parent contacts OK. A number from a message ≠ a contact.
An urgent sentence agreed at the table.
A practised call: “I am checking whether it was you who wrote.”

✅

Check: Checking = a second channel. I call a saved number. A scammer rushes — you do not.

What to take from this lesson

Chat is not proof — a call is.
I do not call a number from a message.
A family urgent password / sentence.
Stop → screenshot → call → a parent decides.