Anti-phishing training for elderly: stop parents losing savings before the first scam
A trained instructor visits the senior at home, walks them through current scam scenarios and sets up security guardrails on their phone and computer.
You run an educational service for adult children of UK seniors worried that their parent will fall for phishing, a fake bank call or an SMS scam. An instructor visits the senior at home for two hours, walks them through real current scams, sets up spam filters and two-factor authentication on their phone and laptop, and most importantly hands over a clear decision rule for when to stop in a suspicious situation. A helpline as a paid extension gives the children peace of mind that the parent has somewhere to call for verification.
A daughter in her fifties takes a call from her mum who tells her, in tears, that she lost the family savings. A fake bank caller talked her through the transfer authorisation and the money is gone. This scene plays out across the UK every day, the banks know it, the police know it, and every adult child quietly worries when it will be their parent.
๐ก๏ธPhishing and vishing in the UK rise faster than any other scam type
Action Fraud and UK Finance register year on year growth of scams against seniors in the tens of percent. The real volume is several times higher because most victims do not report out of shame. Adult children feel this threat personally and are willing to pay for prevention that is in their own interest.
