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Scam Call Pause Card
A one-page reminder for suspicious calls and urgent money requests.
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Plain-English tech safety help
Feel safer with everyday technology.
Tech Buddy helps older adults and families handle suspicious calls, texts, emails, pop-ups, AI confusion, and everyday technology without panic or shame.
Pause. Do not act from urgency. Verify another way.
No fearmongering. No jargon. No talking down to you. Just simple steps you can print, save, and share with family.
Start with the Tech Buddy safety loop
- Pause when a message or caller makes you feel rushed.
- Check before clicking, paying, sharing codes, or downloading.
- Decide with a trusted person or official source.
- Recover calmly if you clicked, paid, or shared something by mistake.
Free safety tools you can use today
Print them, save them, put them near the phone, or share them with a parent, grandparent, spouse, or trusted helper.
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Scam Safety Starter Kit
A plain-English printable kit for calls, texts, emails, pop-ups, and family helper planning.
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Family AI Safety Rules
Simple family rules for voice cloning, AI images, fake messages, and “is this real?” moments.
Read the AI Safety Guide →The calm Tech Buddy method
Scammers win by creating urgency. Tech Buddy teaches a repeatable habit that gives your thinking brain time to come back online.
Pause
Hang up, close the pop-up, or stop before replying. Urgency is the warning sign.
Check
Use a number, app, or website you already trust. Never use the contact details the suspicious message gave you.
Ask
Loop in a trusted family member or helper before money, passwords, codes, gift cards, or remote access are involved.
Recover
If something happened, move quickly and calmly: bank, card company, official account support, FTC/FBI/SSA/OIG reporting where appropriate.
When Tech Buddy helps most
Use Tech Buddy when a technology moment feels confusing, rushed, embarrassing, or risky.
A caller says your account is in danger.
Use the Pause Card before saying anything else.
Use the Pause Card before saying anything else.
A text asks you to click a link.
Use the 7-point scam check before tapping.
Use the 7-point scam check before tapping.
A family member sounds strange on the phone.
Use a family safe-word and verify another way.
Use a family safe-word and verify another way.
A computer pop-up says you were hacked.
Do not call the number on the screen; close it or power down and ask for help.
Do not call the number on the screen; close it or power down and ask for help.
You are setting up everyday tech.
Use plain-English steps for phones, streaming, video calls, passwords, and online accounts.
Use plain-English steps for phones, streaming, video calls, passwords, and online accounts.
You help a parent or grandparent.
Use printable guides so the plan is calm before there is a crisis.
Use printable guides so the plan is calm before there is a crisis.
Watch, read, and keep the safety loop close
Tech Buddy works best when the free reminders, printable guides, and practical products point back to the same calm rule: pause first, verify another way, and ask before money, codes, downloads, or passwords.
Family printable guides
Printable tools are being organized into a clean Tech Buddy path. For now, start with the free Pause Card, Starter Kit, and newsletter so every guide stays connected to the same calm safety routine.
Start with free tools →Phone scam safety video
The first Tech Buddy phone-scam video is not public yet. The free Pause Card and Starter Kit are available now while the final video is assembled and reviewed.
Use the Pause Card →Tech Buddy Weekly on Facebook
The Tech Buddy Weekly Facebook page exists. Use this verified public numeric URL while the shorter vanity handle waits until the exact URL is recovered and verified.
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