A week with Gran

Elsie thought it seemed like a normal week, but it was anything but normal.

A week with Gran
week with gran

Elsie thought it seemed like a normal week, but it was anything but normal.

This scenario follows Elsie’s journey through a series of common scams that affect many older people every day.

Learn how scammers use fear, urgency, and familiar organisations to trick people into sharing personal information, making payments, or signing up to things they never intended to.

Press PLAY to follow Elsie’s story and learn how to spot the warning signs before it happens to you.

(Don’t worry – when you play one of our scenarios, your data remains completely anonymous.)

If you receive a suspicious text message, phone call or email make sure you pause, think, then decide.

Scammers are clever - be confident and trust that warning voice in your head when something is not quite right.

PAUSE

Take a moment.

You don’t have to reply right away - or at all.

You can stop the conversation whenever you like.


THINK

If something feels “off,” listen to that feeling.

Your intuition is there to help you - trust it.




DECIDE

Ask yourself, does this seem real?

It’s never silly or embarrassing to double-check, everyone does it.

And if it doesn’t feel right, you can report it.

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