Teach Your Grandma to Spot a Scam

About the Book

Teach Your Grandma to Spot a Scam is written for people who want plain language, not shame or technical jargon. It focuses on practical pauses, verification, and family habits that make a scam harder to complete.

The book introduces 30 Grandma Moves and six simple habits for responding to pressure, unusual requests, and messages that are designed to rush a decision.

Why this book matters

Modern scams are designed to create urgency, borrow trust, and make a person feel that there is no time to ask a second question. Clear habits can interrupt that pressure before money or information leaves a person's control.

Buy it for your mother. Read it before you give it to her.

The Six Grandma Superpowers

Six repeatable habits that make it easier to pause, verify, and ask for help before a pressured decision.

• Pause when a message creates pressure.
• Question unusual requests, even when they sound familiar.
• Verify independently before acting.
• Protect money and personal information.
• Ask a trusted person when something feels wrong.
• Act quickly after a suspected scam.

A few of the 30 Grandma Moves

• Never use the phone number in a suspicious message to verify it.
• Treat urgency as a reason to slow down.
• A familiar voice is not proof when AI can imitate one.
• Tell family members what kind of request should always be checked twice.

Who it is for

• You want a practical guide to modern fraud without technical language.
• You want to help a parent, grandparent, friend, or yourself pause before a pressured decision.
• You want simple family habits that make verification easier.

What you will find inside

• How fake calls, messages, and AI voices create urgency.
• How to pause, verify, and ask for help before money or information leaves your control.
• How families can agree on simple anti-scam rules.