Spotting scams
Fraud works on ordinary, careful people, because it is built by professionals who test what works. This course covers the recurring shapes so you recognise them in an unfamiliar disguise.
What you'll learn
10 chapters, then the quiz
- 01The anatomy of a scamFour moving parts.
- 02How pressure is manufacturedEmotion over thought.
- 03Impersonation scamsBank, police, tax office, company.
- 04Buying and sellingMarketplaces and fake shops.
- 05Romance and friendship scamsPatient and expensive.
- 06Investment and money scamsReturns that cannot exist.
- 07Texts, emails and callsThe small ask.
- 08What AI changedCheaper, more fluent, more personal.
- 09Protecting other peopleEspecially older relatives.
- 10If it happensFast, then thorough.
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