Digital Safety and Online Fraud Prevention

On 11 November 2026, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Care at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University held a roundtable on digital safety and online fraud prevention. The event brought together 50 third-, fourth-, and fifth-year students enrolled in the Public Health programme. The roundtable was organised by academic adviser G. A. Arynova.

The roundtable aimed to help students recognise the warning signs of online fraud, protect their personal data, and respond appropriately to suspicious requests. Participants discussed fraudulent links, calls from people impersonating bank or delivery service staff, and tactics used to obtain one-time SMS codes and bank card details.

During the practical session, students worked through scenarios they might encounter in everyday life. These included a fake email asking for their university email password, a message asking them to transfer money to someone’s personal bank card to reserve a place in a residence hall, and a call from someone posing as a courier and asking for a code sent by text message from 1414. For each scenario, participants identified warning signs, discussed how to verify the information through official channels, and considered what steps to take if sensitive information had already been shared.

The discussion emphasised three practices: never transfer money at a stranger’s request, keep one-time codes private, and verify information in suspicious messages through the organisation’s official contact channels.