Scams, Fraud and Social Engineering — a practical system to verify before you trust
| Author | Paulo Martins |
|---|---|
| Series | ESENVAR |
| Language | English |
| Format | EPUB, PDF |
Synopsis
You will receive a message today.
It might be from your bank, flagging a suspicious transaction. From a ‘family member’ in trouble asking for urgent money. From a courier company asking for a fee to release your parcel.
It could be real. It could be a scam. The difference will depend — in the next few seconds — on whether or not you have a system.
Scammers evolved. Scam awareness advice didn’t.
Digital Defense introduces the STOP Method: a four-step protocol you can apply in under two minutes, in any situation.
S — Stop
T — Think
O — Obtain independent confirmation
P — Proceed
What you will learn:
- How scammers build the trap — and why intelligent people fall for it
- The STOP Method and how to apply it to any situation
- Bank impersonation fraud and the ‘safe account’ scam
- Phishing, smishing, malicious QR codes and cloned websites
- Deepfakes and AI voice cloning
- Online shopping, marketplaces and delivery fraud
- Fake jobs, side hustles and pyramid schemes
- Investment fraud, crypto scams and romance scams
- Identity theft and account takeover
- Full incident response when something goes wrong
- The household anti-fraud plan with a family code word
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