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Financial Literacy Education Series · Session 3

My Take-Home Action

Recognizing and Preventing Financial Fraud and Scams

Keep this card
  1. Turn on two-step verification. Email first, then my bank app. Within 7 days.
  2. Talk to one person. An elder or a teen. Explain the “family emergency” call and agree a family safe word.
  3. Make my scam card. My bank’s number from the back of my card, and the reporting sites. By the phone. (Worksheet page 2)

This week, I will turn on two-step verification on .

The person I will talk to about scams is .

Our family safe word is . My bank’s number:

StopHang up. Do not click. Do not pay. Nothing real is lost by waiting an hour.
CheckThe number on my card. The website I type myself. Never theirs.
TalkTell one person before any money moves.
Earn→Save→Protect→Grow→Plan

Next: Session 4 · Understanding Consumer Rights in the United States

Four red flags: urgency · secrecy · unusual payment · too good to be true. One flag: slow down. Two: it is a scam. If it happens: stop contact → call the bank → change passwords → report at ReportFraud.ftc.gov or IdentityTheft.gov → tell someone. Apex Learn × House of Friendship · education only, no products, no personal advice.