Summary
This document is a checklist guide designed to help individuals protect themselves from scams. It outlines various strategies to validate the authenticity of messages and requests, emphasizing the importance of using official channels to verify senders. The guide advises users to examine requests for urgent payments or sensitive information carefully and to avoid sharing passwords or one-time passwords (OTPs) with anyone. It also highlights the need to recognize pressure tactics that may rush decision-making and encourages fact-checking claims that seem unusual or too good to be true. Additionally, the document provides steps to take if one suspects they have been scammed, including reporting to the appropriate helplines and resetting passwords if necessary. The guide concludes with a brief quiz to help users identify scam-related words and encourages sharing the checklist with family and friends for broader awareness.
