This week is about AI safety and digital security. Today I’m giving you five prompts for five situations — from the suspicious call that just arrived to the audit that tells you what scammers already know about you. Save this. Share it with anyone you want to keep safer.
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Prompt 1 — Suspicious Call or Message
“I received a [call / email / text] claiming to be from [source] saying [describe what they said and what they’re asking you to do]. Please: (1) Identify every red flag matching known scam patterns, (2) Tell me whether this matches how this organization legitimately communicates, (3) Give me the official way to verify this myself — not through any channel they provided, (4) Rate this: likely legitimate / possibly suspicious / almost certainly a scam.”
Use for: any call, email, or text that creates urgency or asks you to act before thinking
Prompt 2 — Verify Before You Trust (The 3-Step Method)
“I need to run the Verify Before You Trust method on this situation: [describe the call / message / request]. Please: (1) PAUSE — did I initiate contact with this organization, or did it come to me unsolicited? (2) ANALYZE — what are every red flag and scam indicator present? (3) VERIFY — what is the official channel I should use to confirm this myself, and what should I say when I contact them?”
Use for: any situation that creates urgency — run this before you do anything else
Prompt 3 — Family Verification System
“I want to set up a simple verification system with my family so we can confirm identity in an emergency. Please: (1) Design a safe word or verification question — easy to remember, impossible to guess, (2) Write a short script for explaining this to my [children / grandchildren / close friends] without alarming them, (3) Tell me what to do if I receive a distress message and can’t reach them through verification, (4) Explain AI voice cloning in plain language I can share.”
Use for: setting up the family verification system — one conversation, ten minutes, done before it’s needed
Prompt 4 — Scam Response (If Something Went Wrong)
“I think I may have been scammed. Here is what happened: [describe exactly — what you clicked, what information you gave, what money you sent, when]. Please tell me: (1) What to do in the next 30 minutes in priority order, (2) Who to contact first and what to say, (3) What to document right now, (4) What to watch for in coming weeks, (5) Where to report this officially. Be direct — I need to act quickly.”
Use for: any scam incident — immediately. Acting fast is the only thing that limits the damage.
Prompt 5 — Personal Information Audit
“I want to understand what personal information about me is publicly accessible online — so I know what scammers could use against me. Please: (1) Tell me the most common places this information exists and what each contains, (2) Tell me how to search for my own information on people-search sites, (3) Tell me how to request removal from major data broker sites without paying a service, (4) Tell me what social media information is most used in targeted scams, (5) Create a simple one-weekend audit checklist.”
Use for: the audit that tells you what scammers already know — and what you can do to reduce it
🎬 Watch today’s Mini Lesson: The Verify Before You Trust Method — pause, analyze, verify. Three steps that stop scams before they start.
⬇️ THE VERIFY BEFORE YOU TRUST METHOD — ALL 3 STEPS, TUESDAY LESSON VIDEO ⬇️
📌 Step 1 — The Pause Prompt
“I just received [a call / a text / an email] from something claiming to be [source]. It wants me to [describe action] and creates urgency by [describe urgency]. Before I do anything: (1) Did I initiate contact with this organization recently, or did this come to me unsolicited? (2) Is this level of urgency typical of how this organization legitimately operates? (3) What are the first two things I should do before taking any action at all?”
📌 Step 2 — The Analysis Prompt
“I want to analyze this [message / call / situation] for scam indicators. Here is what I received: [paste message or describe call in detail — number, what was said, what was asked, any links]. Please: (1) Identify every red flag present, (2) Tell me what a legitimate version of this communication looks like, (3) Give me a risk assessment: low / moderate / high concern, and explain the most important factors.”
📌 Step 3 — The Verification Prompt
“I want to verify this situation through official channels — not through any link, number, or website in the message I received. Please: (1) Give me the official way to contact [this organization] — verified phone number, website, or app I should use myself, (2) Tell me exactly what to say or look for when I contact them, (3) Tell me what not to share even through official channels, (4) Tell me what to do if it turns out to be a scam, or if it’s legitimate.”
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