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Real emergencies don't need gift cards.
Or crypto ATMs, wire transfers, or cash handed to a "courier." Anyone asking you to pay that way is a scammer, every time.
Bernice's three rules
Everything she knows fits on a fridge.
Scammers now copy a grandchild's voice from a few seconds of video, pose as the bank's fraud department, and rush you so you can't think. These three habits beat almost all of it.
2
Hang up. Call back on a number you know.
Not the number on the caller ID or the one they give you. Call your grandkid, or the number on the back of your bank card.
3
No word, no money.
Pick a family code word together. A real grandchild knows it. A scammer guesses "pancakes."
Each episode's lesson follows guidance from the FTC and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.
Free for families
The Family Scam Safety Kit
A printable 4×6 card for Mom's or Grandpa's fridge. Fill it in together on your next visit.
- A box for your family's code word
- Bernice's three rules, in big print
- Who to call if it already happened: the bank, the National Elder Fraud Hotline, the FTC, and the FBI
We'll email the card and one new episode a week. Unsubscribe anytime. Prefer to just print it? Download the card.
For credit unions, banks & senior organizations
Put Bernice to work for your members.
People over 60 lost billions to fraud last year, and most of it started with a phone call or a text. Members remember a story they laughed at long after they forget a list of tips.
- Your name on every episodeA "Brought to you by" end card, so the lesson comes from you.
- A new episode every monthEach one is a scam that's hitting people right now.
- Ready for every channelLobby screens, newsletters, social posts, and senior seminars.
See a sample with your name on it
We'll send a private cut of Episode 1 made for your organization. Founding partners lock in a flat yearly rate.
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