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Holiday Gift‑Card & Refund Scams Targeting Seniors: Scripts, Reports & Recovery
Facebook Marketplace & Classifieds: A Senior‑Friendly Buyer and Seller Safety Checklist
Passkeys & Passwordless Logins (2026): What Scammers Can Still Exploit and a Safe Migration Checklist
Senior Safety Update 2026: Simple, Actionable Steps to Avoid Quishing, Robocalls and Fake Support Scams
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Common Types of Scams
Learn to recognize the most prevalent scams targeting individuals online. Knowledge is your first line of defense.
Fraudulent emails or messages designed to steal your personal information, passwords, or financial details by impersonating legitimate organizations.
Unsolicited calls from scammers pretending to be from government agencies, tech support, or financial institutions to extract money or information.
Scams involving fake payment requests, counterfeit checks, or fraudulent online transactions that result in financial loss.
Criminals stealing your personal information to open accounts, make purchases, or commit crimes in your name.
Fraudulent investment opportunities promising unrealistic returns, including cryptocurrency scams and Ponzi schemes.
Fake websites or sellers that take your money but never deliver products, or sell counterfeit goods.
How to Protect Yourself
Follow these essential tips to stay safe from scams and protect your personal information online.
Verify Before You Trust
Always verify the identity of people or organizations contacting you. Call back using official phone numbers, not the ones provided in suspicious messages.
Protect Your Information
Never share passwords, social security numbers, or financial information via email, text, or phone unless you initiated the contact.
Be Skeptical of Urgency
Scammers create false urgency to pressure you into acting quickly. Take your time to verify any urgent requests or offers.
Use Strong Security
Enable two-factor authentication, use unique passwords for each account, and keep your software updated to protect against threats.
Senior Safety
Passkey Recovery Hazards and a Hardening Playbook — 2026 Update
Passkeys reduce phishing, but recovery channels, SIM porting and social engineering still allow account takeovers. A 2026 hardening playbook for users and orgs.
Holiday Gift‑Card & Refund Scams Targeting Seniors: Scripts, Reports & Recovery
Learn how holiday gift-card and refund scams target seniors—ready-to-use scripts, step-by-step reporting (FTC/IC3), and realistic recovery options to protect funds.
Financial & Investment Scams
Crypto Mixers, Tornado Cash and Scam Proceeds: What Victims, Exchanges and Law Enforcement Need to Know (2026 Guide)
2026 guide to crypto mixers, Tornado Cash rulings, tracing laundered funds, and practical steps for victims, exchanges, and law enforcement to act fast.
Marketplace Seller Verification Checklist for Social Platforms: Stop Cloned Profiles, Fake Reviews & Payment Redirects
A step‑by‑step seller verification checklist for social marketplaces to avoid cloned profiles, fake reviews and payment‑redirect scams. Practical reporting steps included.
Romance & Relationship Scams
Romance Scams Go AI: Generated Photos, Scripted Grooming and Crypto Requests
AI-generated photos, scripted chat and crypto requests are making romance scams more convincing. Learn platform defenses and steps users can take.
AI Catfishing & Long‑Con Romance Scams: Verify Identity Without Breaking Trust
Practical steps to verify online matches without breaking trust. Spot AI-generated profiles, secure video calls, reverse-image checks, and report scams.
Phone, SMS & Voice Scams
Emerging Defenses Against AI Vishing: ASRJam, Device Countermeasures and Practical Steps to Stop Automated Robocalls
Learn how ASRJam research, STIR/SHAKEN updates, device screening and carrier tools can help stop AI-powered vishing and automated robocalls in 2025 now.
AI Voice‑Cloning Scams Targeting Officials and Families: Verify Calls & Report Deepfake Calls Fast
Learn how to spot AI voice‑cloning calls, verify callers safely, collect evidence, and report deepfake vishing quickly to IC3, FTC, FCC, and your carrier.
Support & Remote Access Scams
Brushing + QR‑Code Attacks (2026): How Unsolicited Parcels Turn into Account Takeovers
Learn how brushing parcels and QR‑code (quishing) combine to enable account takeovers, plus step‑by‑step recovery, reporting, and prevention tips.
Malicious Browser Extensions: How Fake Chrome & Edge Add‑Ons Steal Data and What to Audit Now
Learn how fake Chrome/Edge extensions steal cookies, tokens and clipboard data, plus a prioritized audit checklist for users and IT teams to stop data theft.
Emerging & AI-Enabled Scams
Employer’s Playbook: Detecting Deepfake Candidates, Synthetic Resumes and Bot‑Run Interviews
Employer playbook to spot deepfake interviews, synthetic resumes and bot-run applicants. Includes verification checklist, tools and reporting steps.
When On‑Site Chatbots Become Phishing Engines: Prompt Injection, Detection & Defenses
Detect how on‑site chatbots are weaponized by prompt injection for phishing, deepfake impersonation and job scams — detection signs and defenses.