Is That Text a Scam?

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0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-95a6f15b-2e4c-46ec-94f8-11831d9c2c5b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-137.49998%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":260,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-13da0737-ee18-459b-ba86-ba7f8d111356","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":260,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c497e982-005f-4fb2-8ec7-743c7252abb1","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":260,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2044682e-8251-41b3-856d-2889dc226d02","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-137.49998%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":320,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] 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1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c827fb05-5e78-449c-833c-25dfc2b1f9f7","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":500,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4370b415-bdc5-435f-baae-9fa457b2a87f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-137.49998%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":560,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9c6096a1-8238-4b27-b7c9-5088a90fe9a6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":560,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1b7aefc-ea6f-44d7-beec-e57a9f5eed20","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.15)","scale(1)"]},"delay":560,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b45d0bfe-8c4f-4f36-830e-3d5bf9d60e00","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":700,"duration":700,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bfbf24a7-37c9-4ab0-9d6d-5e91fe422971","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d821046d-72b9-431e-ad55-8865f0bcb574","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":800,"duration":900,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e38b63e5-5c0f-4952-8021-8e41fc2aeead","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 256.94442%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":800,"duration":900,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-fabe59db-ee46-4c6e-b586-09031f77a189","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1300,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1fc81ddc-5c87-43ac-bdea-2a6e85320b67","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1600,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ ★ ★ GUIDE · SCAM WATCH The red flags every phone owner should know. Photo: Dennis Cortés cortes / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

A $470M Problem

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Fake Urgency

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Surprise Links

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Odd Payment Requests

[{"selector":"#anim-0374af4d-55f2-40da-8e17-69992ec0a583 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d819dc6b-81e9-4cd2-9b7c-6ebcc5d39a26","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4ccf510d-7dd0-49d2-8323-3f3a1820db63","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 127.10573%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dae3919a-5165-466b-8e80-26bf8fc80935","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e3c4f7cc-d55b-4ddb-ae5d-5720839f3c42","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 131.02638%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d99b4de0-b566-49e0-a247-c50bcdec4dbb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c325b7db-7fc5-48e4-9b96-1d5588a75086","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2f01d03b-97e5-4df4-9804-eb8f3ec6e04b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f1b01e08-3493-49aa-b415-d536d7bdfcf0","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b66e498c-d2a4-47c3-b68c-92fe91580357","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-97166e44-5c71-4e20-951e-2dcd58cdbe0a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-822157ab-85c5-48e8-827b-f83e00ab136c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c3a2d7e3-ac0b-4db9-aa64-e60b6a1fe392","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6a0c1f50-a2a5-4815-9fe1-fed07873b232","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6bb36968-85e8-4117-af84-1e7b58595b66","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 4 · SCAM WATCH Gift cards, crypto or Zelle to a stranger: scammers want payments you cannot reverse. Photo: 3df / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Toll and Package Texts

[{"selector":"#anim-3790d27e-1f70-4c6b-8973-156a76aacecb [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f8ccf33c-7a94-4bad-9810-59fc43847cbe","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-521f74d4-ae38-47fa-9561-9be9ccbd63ac","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 127.10573%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-57b1e188-dfba-4f3d-a468-5b4e2178c7d0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b623300d-83c6-4da8-bae6-432448bda3b5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 131.02638%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a0c23f52-4f77-4ff1-aed7-dfedf544d641","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5c5625fe-ab51-49c7-98ed-399f8031f25f","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-47e5131d-70d3-42b2-9624-fa6fbb528f18","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-284c1922-7f7e-47ff-af1b-33fa793f345b","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-32643d16-a3ce-4248-bb77-be81296a109c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a389c5ac-a153-4a35-8128-aa125525e4a0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bcb793d3-f1f0-45b5-9872-462551bb938e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a666d6c9-c029-41e6-a91b-71eba9b88191","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f0a2e7c8-91a5-48e7-9a82-3a14348d3bf7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-66c54c7f-71e4-48ad-a6e8-f3ad5cad256e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 5 · SCAM WATCH Fake unpaid-toll and delivery alerts top the list. Check the official app instead. Photo: Debbie Galant / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Wrong Number Openers

[{"selector":"#anim-9f76c71e-88f7-4bf1-9137-51be8ad48769 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e71f320a-f951-47bd-9de7-f749964b9c3e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cc1a1dad-6881-41e4-b688-fb7f409b1de9","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 127.10573%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-75c7ab40-3046-49fc-ad72-f90ddf3ea884","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9c2ee6f4-a528-4fe6-bb4a-fba820eddbd0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 131.02638%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5ebc688b-d0af-4bc1-baef-7eda29b1bfe7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-94486990-1aed-4ec1-8734-386f67a10405","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-98a08893-1458-410d-a67b-392940b25238","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c3692024-048a-4487-8d80-f943695b5656","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-50681f9f-25d5-42fb-a271-fd97fc398a71","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-583ab5d6-4787-457f-8bd3-3464a6e8c7c4","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-bc6c36f9-e45b-4f27-b86e-e087d8e350e8","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ee419775-7906-49b9-aa03-eea0c3c65ca4","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-065dd8e6-b8ca-4720-aa15-924655664193","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f3ecb10c-4abf-4c83-b47a-465195e54c28","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 6 · SCAM WATCH A friendly "wrong number" chat can become a crypto investment pitch weeks later. Photo: Eduardo Sánchez eduardoequis / Wikimedia Commons (CC0)

Clicked? Act Fast

[{"selector":"#anim-19f6c7b2-d26e-4912-986e-2b7650eb68e0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f71d2c87-63a7-405f-b10a-defafd76d03e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d5bad92a-4540-46c3-b6e8-e4d4d89e4301","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 130.97797%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1cc8ea61-f5a9-4a65-b54c-1ccc8653f333","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-73046278-2868-45e8-ab55-d25a912fccb0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 135.71817%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5059c717-34e0-4e6a-8130-88c0665939b5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8cd2101b-0822-4167-a9a0-bebb4f690649","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a112bad1-e23f-4fd4-a526-8ac6f346b9a6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-207f94cd-9f5f-4bb2-9cf6-d66a7ceb22fe","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d27d47db-ad03-4be2-9ea6-9af89de229dd","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9e269d3a-565a-47f1-992d-bf8fe8e4c254","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f5776041-39f1-482d-b7a8-5b8df0627492","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f711c0c5-eae6-4440-af77-0f966b769238","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1be28c87-9ad5-4d61-95ff-6622bc0a5618","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5c9b4d4f-1c10-45a9-b7a6-e73ec86d488a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 7 · SCAM WATCH Change passwords, call your bank, and freeze your credit if you shared your SSN. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5)

Report It

[{"selector":"#anim-d924a2c6-25c3-41fe-b98a-8c272dd88371 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8d254ee4-8c3f-4292-89f1-1bb3eae8a7e1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4bea8274-e562-4fd8-8aef-aaf76ddef2c5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 130.97797%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4ee19069-056c-467f-9ec9-14c632f4d60f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a6a7d73d-c004-4bc5-9c63-c255df533950","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 135.71817%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-58945d3b-2fbf-4b5a-a5b2-37686b49b2a0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d5443f41-8a57-4489-99d0-57052e334ecf","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-81d5e8cf-4e8d-45c4-b26e-6f9bb334c700","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3b8577f7-7780-44f6-a275-7f23872bb35c","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-65fea91e-5f68-4015-ab9b-44887940c4e9","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-601eebd5-b55a-4527-8f15-c46cf16ec0fc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7573f417-8ded-4736-ba16-ff57559a8999","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e1cc92ed-553b-4bcc-8784-a8dd10221bc5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-cebdfeb3-20f2-4cb7-8f71-9f205b5b192e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-405fc924-c38e-4511-bece-b11c7453e2ca","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 8 · SCAM WATCH Forward scam texts to 7726 (SPAM) and report them at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. Photo: Kurt Kaiser / Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Protect Your Parents

[{"selector":"#anim-340a2105-7d3f-420a-b8a2-efca0e30e4ed [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5b8f8ea6-34c7-4c22-a13b-7ce49d020c2c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-36bb4cb0-3f97-4625-9c86-5f38d8c3f58f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 127.10573%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b9887dbf-3874-4e59-83b6-5e53930506c7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3463559b-bf89-4b70-a13f-4314844eda84","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 131.02638%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1b3c47de-d2fb-4533-8c0e-adc17ebd3ef5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-495959da-fe49-4ab9-aad1-4ddaf00f0972","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2c18020c-079f-4925-8aa0-cb79e1e083ba","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-808.33304%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-588e2fa6-6d11-4a9b-a715-85ca36e6c403","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0fec2036-8bde-4eed-a617-c59d8d677b8c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":450,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-eff92682-ada9-4978-9f42-26b5564b69a2","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":600,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7c75b208-f012-46ea-9581-738d54060b1f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a156d3ca-7734-41d8-becb-b857ae3532f6","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-156.66667%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":850,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1cba2566-5f28-417b-b975-0222124d1fd7","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":950,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c9f0db77-f112-4f8c-a480-b112b2993dcb","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1250,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ § 9 · SCAM WATCH Turn on spam filters together and agree on a family code word for emergencies. Photo: Nenad Stojkovic / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

Thanks for Reading

[{"selector":"#anim-cd22d80c-ec40-42ae-9401-b08f5d844335 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":8000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1531a1ea-5a0e-44c1-bd90-ce02f2ceef34","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":700,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c57b42a5-ed07-404e-80c4-8993ee3c826e","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 134.70284%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":700,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-15defc3b-cd2e-4d3e-95e6-d55063f39ad0","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-352.94123%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .8, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c7088ce5-5ab8-47b9-8e6e-5506e4abb8e5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotateZ(-180deg)","rotateZ(0deg)"]},"delay":400,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.2, 0, .5, 1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9c406e72-0634-410b-9f7f-c83bd138bf4a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":700,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-898b9299-4202-4a5d-ab9d-87faea31b009","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":800,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b45b33ae-e5bb-4df8-838a-59ab796fed59","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":900,"duration":900,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-4fe024e3-7c52-4b42-b876-bb4173ab0999","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1200,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6c9bfa57-8c0a-43a2-bbcf-96a059728fa3","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-393.33329%, 0px, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":1200,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-13377210-b93f-4464-bc5d-061606ae995a","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1300,"duration":800,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5cb4240e-1b26-485d-88a3-641bda98dc89","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1700,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aa4b3222-8fa6-412c-8abb-944a3885c917","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 544.6581%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":1700,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e068d837-2250-452e-a5e3-db8d3e103320","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(1)","scale(1.04)","scale(0.996)","scale(1)"],"offset":[0,0.33,0.66,1]},"delay":2500,"duration":1500,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":"infinity"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ba2eb13c-7466-40fb-9ae7-05846fb45547","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1700,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a39ff22d-dc1c-417d-b926-f86399d2367d","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 1219.19199%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":1700,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-d2b3cc42-ea3d-4997-9e9b-144af85fa6e6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":1900,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7388f438-b6df-47d7-ae34-9e24f58bf33c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":2000,"duration":500,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ★ ★ ★ All 12 red flags and exactly what to do if you clicked, in our full guide. READ THE FULL GUIDE → nexgenheadlines.com Photos: Wikimedia Commons (credits on each page)