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[quote=Anonymous]One of the best ways to get scammed is to believe you’re too smart to get scammed.

Would I have fallen for this particular one? No. That doesn’t mean I’m infallible. Relying on your own smartness is a terrible defense.

OP one you can teach your daughter is the one I use and try to get my elderly parents to use. It’s just to call back another way. If a bank calls me, or a boss or whatever, you call them back at a number you know you can trust.

If it’s the bank, I just ask them how I can call them back from the main 800 number. It has never been an issue. I remember one thing called “know your customer” that seemed very fishy but turned out to be legit, and they were perfectly happy for me to call the main number and told me how to navigate to them from there. I use the rule for anything involving money or personal information.

So in this case, your daughter would just write “great, thanks! I’m going to call your main number to verify the request by phone.” Then call the number she knows is legit.

Now in this case, if the whole company is fake I guess they might be sophisticated enough yo have a fake number and a fake person and blah blah, but it’s still an okay first line of defense and will save you from a lot of scams because they rely on volume. [/quote]

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