The Family Scam-Proofing Kit: A Simple System to Protect Your Parents from Phone, Text, Email, Payment & AI Scams
Language: English
Published by Intanjible Publishing, 2026
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- Title
- The Family Scam-Proofing Kit: A Simple System to Protect Your Parents from Phone, Text, Email, Payment & AI Scams
- Author
- Mercer, Grant
- Publisher
- Intanjible Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1996824384
- ISBN 13
- 9781996824382
Your parents aren't gullible. The scams have simply become frighteningly good.
A phone call sounds exactly like your son. A text appears to come from your bank. A convincing email warns of a suspicious charge. Someone claiming to be from Microsoft needs access to the computer. A new online friend introduces an investment opportunity.
And now artificial intelligence can imitate voices, create convincing images and video, and produce personalized messages at enormous scale.
The old advice to “just be careful” is no longer enough.
The Family Scam-Proofing Kit takes a different approach:
You cannot scam-proof a person. But you can scam-proof a family.
Written for adult children concerned about their parents or older relatives, this short, practical guide shows you how to put simple protections in place before the frightening phone call, text, or email arrives.
You don't need to take control of your parents' finances. You don't need to monitor their phones. And you don't need to teach them how to recognize hundreds of different scams.
Instead, you'll build a family system based on three simple actions:
PAUSE. VERIFY. ASK SOMEONE ELSE.
Inside you'll learn how to:
• Recognize the handful of patterns behind most modern scams
• Protect your family from AI voice-cloning and impersonation scams
• Create a family safe word in five minutes
• Use the Two-Minute Verification Rule before money changes hands
• Recognize fake bank, government, tech-support, romance, and investment scams
• Spot gift-card, cryptocurrency, wire-transfer, and cash-courier red flags
• Strengthen protection around banking, email, phones, and online accounts
• Talk to your parents about scams without treating them like children
• Respond quickly if money has already been sent
• Avoid the shame and secrecy that allow one scam to lead to another
• Build your family's basic scam defenses in about 30 minutes
The book also includes:
• Family Emergency Verification Card
• Suspicious Call Script
• “Is This a Scam?” Decision Tree
• Family Safe-Word Card
• Bank & Financial Protection Checklist
• 10-Minute Account Lockdown Checklist
• The First 30 Minutes After a Scam emergency guide
This isn't a technical cybersecurity manual. It's a straightforward family protection system designed for the moment that matters most—when someone you love is frightened, under pressure, and being told they must act right now.
The best time to scam-proof your family is before the call comes.
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