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Play Defeat the Scammers
Calls, texts and pop-ups keep coming. Block the scams. Let the real ones through. Play against the clock, or take your time. Three mistakes and the phone wins.
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Where these scams come from
Every scam in this game is a real, documented type, written up in our own words, with made-up names and numbers. The real messages are made up too. Spotting the tell is a habit, not a guarantee: when in doubt, hang up and call back on a number you already know.
Read the full guides:
- Pick a family safe word. Today.
- Let AI prep your Medicare questions, not pick
- Check every recruiter before you reply
- Switch on Chrome's free scam guard.
- Hunt for unclaimed money under your old names
- Lock down your email first. Then everything.
- Could a scammer use a real deputy's voice to scare me into paying?
SourcesFTC Consumer Advice: Got a text about unpaid tolls? It's probably a scamFTC Consumer Advice: That text about an overdue traffic ticket is probably a scamFTC Consumer Advice: Fake shipping notification emails and text messagesFTC Consumer Advice: Never move your money to "protect it." That's a scamFTC Consumer Advice: Did someone send you to a Bitcoin ATM? It's a scamFTC Consumer Advice: How to spot, avoid and report tech support scamsFTC Consumer Advice: Why it's not rude to ignore "hi, how are you?" texts from strangersFTC Consumer Advice: Did a celebrity really endorse THAT? Maybe notFTC Consumer Advice: What's a verification code and why would someone ask me for it?FTC Consumer Advice: No, that's not your boss asking you to buy gift cardsFTC Consumer Advice: Scammers pretend to be your utility companyFTC Consumer Advice: How to spot and avoid task scamsFTC Consumer Advice: FTC impersonators
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