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this post was submitted on 09 Oct 2025
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Throw away their phones, bolt down the front door.
Better yet, bury them to just make sure no one can reach them
On a serious note though: keep telling them, over and over, never to trust anything or anyone. They hear your voice over the phone unexpectedly? Ask for a code word that only the two of you know. No code word? AI scammer. Don't trust any email you didn't request yourself, always verify the sender that it's the right email address. Never trust any SMS messages . Banks don't ever call you.
Then also remember that in the end they'll probably fail here and there because good scams are extremely hard to detect and avoid.
I tried to setup a code with my parents and neither remembers. They come up with it and then forget. They forget not only the code but that we decided to have a code…
Perhaps you should instead have them ask you about some obscure family lore