How to spot and stop scammers in gaming

Have you ever lost in-game currency, or been tricked into handing over a rare item to someone you thought you could trust?

Sound familiar? Well, you might have been a victim of scamming in gaming.

Scams are a type of stealing, and are used by people called scammers to trick others into giving them items or account information - like your password - by lying, or promising something in return.

11 February is Safer Internet Day, and a new report by Vodafone has shown that nearly a million (839,127) young people in the UK have been scammed in the last 12 months.

We caught up with gaming YouTuber Yammy, to get her tips on how you can spot and stop scamming in gaming.