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Family Scam Defense Kit

Use this once. Tape the cards where people actually look. The goal is not fear — it is a 10-second habit: never tap a link in an unexpected text.

1. The one rule

Banks, USPS, IRS, Amazon, and Medicare do not send “pay this fee / verify now” links in random texts. If it is urgent and scary, it is probably fake. Call the number on the back of the card or open the real app yourself — never from the text.

2. Copy-paste: send to family once

Hey family — if you get a weird text about a package, bank alert, IRS, or “account locked”: 1) Do NOT tap the link 2) Paste the whole message into this free checker (10 seconds, no app): https://www.yoyosup.com/tools/scamcheck/?ref=family-kit 3) If it looks bad, delete the text. Call the real company using a number from their website or your card — not the text. Love you. Forward this to anyone who needs it.

3. Fridge / wallet cards (print & cut)

📦 PACKAGE TEXTS
USPS / UPS / FedEx / Amazon
Real carriers don’t charge $1–$3 via SMS links.
Track only inside the official app or website you typed.
🏦 BANK / ZELLE
“Unauthorized transfer — verify” + link = scam.
Open your bank app yourself or call the number on your debit card.
🏛️ IRS / GOVERNMENT
IRS does not text about warrants or arrests.
Hang up on callers who demand gift cards or crypto.
👴 MEDICARE / SENIORS
“Free brace / DNA kit / benefits expire” texts = scam.
Hang up. Call 1-800-MEDICARE from medicare.gov only.
🔗 IF YOU ALREADY TAPPED
Close the page. Don’t enter passwords.
Change email + bank passwords on a different device if possible.
Call your bank. Free guide: yoyosup.com/tools/blog/clicked-scam-link.html
✅ SAFE HABIT
Unexpected text → paste into ScamCheck first
https://www.yoyosup.com/tools/scamcheck/
No signup. Free. Share with one friend today.

4. 60-second phone script (if they call “support”)

“I’m going to hang up and call the number on my card / the official website. I won’t use any codes or gift cards. Goodbye.”

Then hang up. Scammers keep talking to create panic — silence is a feature.

5. After they clicked a link (10 minutes)

  1. Stop. Don’t enter more info. Don’t call numbers from the page.
  2. On a trusted device, change email password + turn on 2FA.
  3. Change banking and main shopping passwords.
  4. Call your bank’s number from the card if money or card numbers might be exposed.
  5. Report: reportfraud.ftc.gov and your local bank fraud line.
  6. Full walkthrough: yoyosup.com/tools/blog/clicked-scam-link.html

6. Free tools (share these, not passwords)

7. Monthly 2-minute drill

Once a month, send a fake example (from ScamCheck samples) to family and ask: “Would you tap this?” Celebrate correct answers. Habits beat lectures.