Shouldn’t we hold ourselves accountable too?

I spent the last years of my mother’s life vigilant and unnecessarily worried that she would fall into some type of scam, but yet I did nothing intentional to prepare my daughter for recognizing and dealing with that very same possibility. Why? … It really never occurred to me. Had I known college students are as prime a target as the elderly, I certainly would have had those conversations with her before the fact.

Scammers are good at what they do (or at least the good ones are). They can be charming and friendly. They know how to use our human nature to their advantage. They are certainly creative and imaginative. Without something working in our favor they could hook us every time.

So what gives us the ability to avoid their “fabulous offers”?

• Prepare before the fact… There is a wealth of information out there, but we generally don’t look for (or find) it until something has already happened. I have no doubt now that preparing our children to be defensive consumers as adults must be an intentional lesson.
• Look out for those we love … There will be opportunities to potentially save someone we know from learning our lesson the hard way. My motivation to create theNRSscam blog was to offer “my lesson” to anyone visiting.
• Think of future victims … Reporting business practices that you believe to be fraudulent is the ultimate consumer power. Remember our collective voice speaks loudest.

Thanks for visiting theNRSscam blog. Hope something here is helpful.
Good luck to all of us!! D/