A busy family's week of scams
The Wilson family thought it was just another busy week.
The Wilson family thought it was just another busy week.
Between work, school, shopping, deliveries, and managing family life, everything seemed normal.
Like many families, the Wilson’s are busy, distracted, and trying to keep up with it all – and that’s exactly what scammers rely on.
This scenario follows the Wilson family through a week of realistic scam encounters, showing how fraudsters use urgency, trust, convenience, and confusion to target anyone they can.
Learn how to recognise the warning signs behind text message scams, fake companies, shopping fraud, subscription traps, and more before they catch you off guard.
Press PLAY to follow the Wilson family'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.
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