Start Here: One hour, in order

What you'll get from this page: Six steps, in order, that cover the habits that stop the most common losses. You can finish them in about an hour.

If you are new to this, do not try to read everything tonight.

1. Read what phishing is: The pattern behind fake emails, fake ads, and look-alike web pages.
2. Lock the email account: A password manager first, then a passkey or a hardware security key on your email before anything else.
3. Learn the long investment scam: How a friendly text turns into a fake trading account (pig butchering).
4. Set the text-message rule: No links from unexpected texts. Open the real app instead.
5. Practice twenty Scam Scenarios: Choose your response, then read why the other choices fail.
6. Fill in your Protection Checklist: Mark only the protections that are actually turned on.

If money or information has already left, skip this list and press Get help now at the top of the page.