Those who attended today’s Operation Boomerang at Peoria’s Riverfront Museum learned some practical tips to stay safe from scammers. The event, which was geared toward protecting seniors from cybercrime, had a great turnout, and attendees walked away with information they can use.
Download a PDF of today’s presentation here.
Tips for Staying Safe
• If you don’t recognize a phone number, don’t answer.
• If it is important they will leave a message.
• If you get a text, don’t click on any links.
• Be very wary of any pop-ups on your computer.
• Pop-ups are almost aways scams.
• Turn on the pop-up blocker on your browser.
• If you don’t know how, Google and YouTube are your friends.
• Never trust incoming calls or messages.
• Instead, go to the source to verify.
If you buy something from a person online:
• Don’t give them money until you have seen the item.
• Meet them in a safe place like a police department parking lot.
• If you get a text about a shipment, don’t respond to the text.
• Go to the shipper’s website.
• If a deal looks too good to be true, it is too good to be true.
• Keep your phone contacts up to date to make it
easier to identify an incoming call or text.
• If you don’t know someone, don’t trust them.
• Do not carry on an online conversation with people
you don’t know.
• NEVER send compromising photos, even to people
you know. Once it has crossed the internet, it will
always be on there.
• Be aware of AI and its capabilities.
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