Course 1313 lessons

Avoiding scams and fraud

How scammers exploit trust, urgency, and fear to take your money, and the habits that keep your accounts and savings safe from the scams most common in the Philippines today.

Why scams work

Scams rarely succeed because the victim is careless or unintelligent. They succeed because they hijack your emotions in the moment, using manufactured urgency and fear to short-circuit the careful thinking you'd normally apply to a big decision involving your money.