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Phishing

Phishing is where people with poor values, who are wanting to rip others off, are trying to "catch" a person who is not aware of device and personal security.

Scams (Offline and Online)

Here are a number of resources that allow you to see be a great detective of the scams that keep popping up.
  1. See our Digital Cards Scenarios here.
  2. BBC Video on a Mail Order scam that got people buying thousands of dollars of product.

Some interesting questions:
Why do people get involved in scams? What types of language are they using to get people to take action? How many different ways do they try to get yo to do this in the one phone call or sent item?