Keep it

Quick Guide

The right reflexes on one page. Save it on your phone or print it.

Secure your accounts

  1. Create a long, unique password for each account, for example: MyDog$Loves#TheForest2026
  2. Turn on two-step verification (2FA) on email, WhatsApp, Facebook.
  3. Never share an OTP code received by SMS. With anyone.
  4. Check the connected devices on your accounts and remove unknown ones.
  5. Install Bitwarden (free) to manage your passwords effortlessly.

Protect your digital identity

Before posting

Who can see this? Does it reveal my location, my address, my children’s school?

Photo location

Turn off location in the camera settings (Android and iPhone).

Facebook settings

Privacy Checkup → do it regularly.

Intimate images

Never send them. If they are shared: don’t pay, report immediately.

Scam signs: if you see these, stop

  • Imposed urgency, such as “decide now” or “within 2 hours”.
  • Request for money through an unusual channel : Western Union, gift card, crypto.
  • A prize too good to be true. You never pay to receive a prize.
  • “Don’t tell anyone” : an honest process never needs secrecy.

Respond to harassment

  1. Capture the evidence (dated screenshots) before blocking.
  2. Block the abuser on the platform.
  3. Report the content to the platform.
  4. Alert someone you trust and contact a support service.

Useful contacts in Benin

Guidance and support

Institut National de la Femme114Centre National d'Investigations Numériquesplaintes@cnin.bj
MTN MoMo135Mobile Money fraud
Moov Money+229 22 46 60 00Moov Money fraud
ATRPT Benin+229 21 31 41 14SMS / call scams
Wildaf Benin+229 21 30 45 89Legal support for GBV
Criminal investigation police+229 21 30 10 10Cybercrime, identity theft
Digital Safe SpaceMake a reportReport online, in complete confidentiality

To do tonight

  1. Turn on 2FA on your email : less than 5 minutes in the security settings.
  2. Google yourself : type your name in quotation marks, in a private window.
  3. Review your Facebook and Instagram settings : privacy and connected devices.
  4. Download Bitwarden (free) and add your email and your bank to it.
  5. Talk about it around you : share what you have learned with a friend, a sister, your mother.
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