{ "item_title" : "Email, Text & Phishing Scams", "item_author" : [" Daniel R. Harlan "], "item_description" : "A suspicious email or text does not have to look careless. It only has to make you act before you verify. A familiar logo, a believable sender name, a delivery notice, an account warning, or a small unpaid fee can create urgency in seconds. The message may look professional, but the link, attachment, QR code, sign-in page, phone number, or payment request can lead somewhere dangerous. Email, Text & Phishing Scams is a calm, practical guide for older adults who want to recognize suspicious messages and respond safely - without fear, blame, or confusing technical language. Inside, you will learn how to:- Understand why convincing emails and texts can look real- Check the sender, story, destination, and requested action- Examine links, buttons, QR codes, and false sign-in pages- Recognize dangerous attachments, invoices, and call-back traps- Verify account warnings without using the message itself- Spot delivery, small-fee, toll, parking, and transportation text scams- Handle conversation traps that begin with a simple reply- Take the right steps after clicking, replying, sharing information, installing something, or sending money- Apply the P.A.U.S.E. System to email and text messages The book uses realistic scenarios, step-by-step examples, practice questions, chapter reviews, confidence checks, and practical response plans. The goal is not to memorize every scam. It is to build a repeatable habit: Leave the message. Choose your own source. Verify the claim outside it. This guide is useful for seniors, older adults, family members, and caregivers who want a clearer way to discuss suspicious messages and make safer decisions together. Book 2 in the Online Scams for Seniors series. It can be read on its own and also builds on the P.A.U.S.E. safety process introduced in Book 1.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/819/281/9798192817575_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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