WAVE - A simple acronym to give your elderly relatives to stop them being scammed by phone
Channel: Adam Hart
Date: 2021-07-01

WAVE - A simple acronym to give your elderly relatives to stop them being scammed by phone: Wait, Ask, Verify, End.

It's vital that we help to educate and protect those that are vulnerable, too trusting, perhaps a little older or less well-versed with technology from the myriad of scams that're costing them millions each year and losing what is effectively their life-savings.

Leaving them with nothing. Too often, even their banks won’t help recover or reimburse the money.

After becoming increasingly concerned by the countless number of stories I read in the media of how people have lost their entire life-savings, I decided to use my skills in motion design and video production to help spread the message around how to identify a scam caller.

I produced this simple, short animation to help educate the vulnerable, or those who care for them, in how to deal with a scam caller, block them from calling again and stop their details being passed around and sold to other scammers.

Please share this video, as even if it helps just one person avoid losing their entire life-savings then it would really help put a dent into the scammers' operations.

Thank you.

How to block phone numbers from calling on iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201229
How to block phone number from calling on Android: https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/6325463

If you’re interested in discovering more information on how scammers operate and how to protect yourself further, then check out the amazing work done by Jim Browning: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vw