One of the many ways people still become victims of scam is through "Phishing".
Phishing is simply the use of fake websites, emails, malicious links and messages to trick People into revealing sensitive information or installing malwares on your devices and possibly drain your funds.
Bear in mind that scammers are not aliens, and they are not also always completely strangers because sometimes the people who we refer to as scammers or cybercriminals online are our friends and families offline. They are friends by day and scammers by night; they have dual identities. This is why you need to be cautious also of your friends and family about the links that they send to you so you do not hurriedly click on them thinking that they are all completely safe since they are coming from people you think you trust.