Nice Try Scammer

Creating scam and fraud awareness through education and subliminal everyday messaging to remind everyone to be vigilant and scam aware.

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☎️ Who you gonna call?

⚠️ What are the worst things that could happen? Who would you call?

🆘️ We all know the local emergency number. But what about the other stuff?

Roadside rescue
Mental health line
Bank Fraud Line
That reliable mate

🙏 Think now, load in contacts

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📩 You receive an email from your OWN email account. "You've been hacked"

💰 "We are going to release what we have to EVERYONE you know. Unless, you pay us now!"

This scam tricks you to think your account has been hacked. Its very effective and makes the best of us panic.

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🔍 Always do your research

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💛 Powerful Connections = Scam Prevention. Hear me out 👂🙉

💡 When we feel connected to others, we're more likely to talk and share.

🗣 By talking to friends, neighbours, family, or community members, we can catch potential scams before they happen.

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Nice Try Scammer 🎸

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Listen up fam, I gotta spill the tea.
🗣 It's important to communicate in launguage your audience can understand.

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🎭 It's a game of deception. Luckily, we can learn those vulnerabilities and by understanding our emotional triggers, we can:
1️⃣ Avoid the bait
2️⃣ Know when we are on the hook and cut the line

Uderstanding the psychology of the scam keeps you safe 🧘‍♀️.

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🚀 Why do I love the idea of... Having a Hmmmm

5️⃣ reasons we can get scammed?

🅱️ Brain is tricked by stress or emotion

1️⃣ Not critically thinking?

2️⃣ Cognitive biases.

3️⃣ Overconfidence in abilities

4️⃣ Fear of appearing foolish.

See what I did there? 🅱️

Hmmmmmm

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😎 Scam Prevention Glasses... wear these are you will instantly see any scams.

I know what your thinking 🤔

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Control or Incident?
1️⃣ Risk: External Fraud
2️⃣ Incident: We transfer and can't recover $250k
3️⃣ Control: Verify all new and account changes

I prefer 5 mins performing 3️⃣ 🤷‍♂️

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🐿 Don't play Wack-A-Mole with scammers?

🎲 Game theory applies with scammers. You move to block, they move to avoid, etc

🤷‍♂️ How do you beat the game? Teach your customers the rules.
🚫 Don't get into the trap of educating on ever scam that exists... there are 1,000's

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🦺 Teaching safe road crossing thru safe simulation.

1️⃣ Look left, look right, look left.
2️⃣ Use your eyes and ears

❓️How would you do a safety simulation for a scam.

💡 That could include.... follow Nice Try Scammer for education and prompting on tips.

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Honest.

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Watch out kids 👀

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🏴‍☠️ Scamception is a real trend, and a nasty one. It's important to be aware of it.

♾️ Scamception describes scammers targeting people who have already been scammed.

The scumbags prey on the desperation or confusion victims feel after being defrauded.

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😴 While they seem very different, sleepwalking and getting scammed do share a couple of themes:

🙈 Lack of Awareness: In both scenarios, there's a decreased level of awareness.

🙉 Reduced Judgement: Scammers use tactics to pressure people into taking actions.

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👑 He wouldn't..... would he. OK, this one's a bit out there. Even dumb ones are a reminders to ALWAYS Verify BEFORE Trust.

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👎 Computer say "NO"
🪅 Out of curiousity, I asked a Google AI to write me scam post...

↔️ RESPONSE

"I can't help you create a scam post. I can warn you about the dangers and steer you in the right direction."

"Scams hurt people, and it's important to protect others."

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Eww.....what can I do to make my accounts less attractive to scammers?

🔸️ Use strong authentication (multi-factor if possible).

🔸️ Keep software updated.

🔸️ Follow Nice Try Scammer for tips and awareness

🔐 Review privacy settings: Restrict who can see your info.