A password that is only for this
Most hijacked accounts are opened with a password stolen from some other website. Once a leaked email and password pair is out there, crooks feed it into login pages all over the web.
- Make a brand-new password for your game account and nothing else. Let a password manager invent and store it.
- Length matters more than tricks: a string of four or five unrelated words beats a short word stuffed with symbols.
- Add a second lock, such as a code from an app, on every service that allows it, beginning with the inbox your game account is tied to.
- Logging in with your Google or Apple ID? Then that ID is the real lock, so secure it first.
Is it really crazygames.com?
Each game button on Bunns in Love points to crazygames.com. Before typing a password anywhere, look up at the address bar:
- Right before .com you should read crazygames, with no extra words glued on either side.
- Watch for swapped letters, doubled letters and look-alike spellings.
- Bookmark the genuine page on your first visit and reuse that bookmark, instead of tapping links that arrive in messages.
Fake freebies and fake helpers
Genuine games never ask for your password in chat, in an email or in a comment thread. Treat these as red flags:
- free in-game goodies on offer if you log in on some other website;
- a “booster” download or browser add-on said to be required for playing;
- somebody claiming to be support who wants the code that just arrived by text;
- a countdown or a threat that your account will be deleted unless you act now.
House rule: if a message makes your heart race, put the phone down. Close it, type the real address yourself and check your account from there.
Two minutes in settings
Fresh account? Visit its settings straight away. Choose a screen name that gives nothing about you away, set the profile to private if that option exists and untick any emails you do not fancy. Inside the browser you can also block third-party cookies and decide which sites may send notifications.
Grown-up controls in the browser
Our picks cost nothing, but curious kids can still wander far beyond them. The tools you need are probably already installed:
- Google Family Link handles Chrome on Android and on Chromebooks, including site approvals and daily limits.
- Screen Time on Apple devices lets you limit Safari websites and set time allowances.
- Microsoft Family Safety looks after Edge on Windows with activity summaries and filters.
- Whatever the device, switch on “ask before buying” in its app store or account so no purchase slips through.
Settings help, but a chat helps more. Agreeing together on which games are fine, and for how long, tends to outlast any filter.
When something feels off
- Set a new password at once, and replace it anywhere else the old one was used.
- Look in the account settings for a “log out everywhere” button and press it.
- Reach the platform through the help link on its real website, never through a link in the suspicious message.
- Canadians can report scams and fraud attempts to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.