Security Academy

Ten minutes now beats a bad afternoon later.

Short, plain-language lessons on the scams actually circulating right now — written for people who do not work in technology, and updated as the tactics change.

This month in Canada4 lessons
The CRA refund text3 min · why the link is never in the message
The parcel on hold2 min · the fee that does not exist
The bank investigator call4 min · why they ask you to stay on the line
Interac e-Transfer interception3 min · turn on Autodeposit and forget it
How it works

Three steps, and you are barely one of them.

STEP 01

Start with what is circulating

Not a syllabus. The lessons are ordered by what is hitting Canadians this month.

STEP 02

Learn one thing at a time

Each lesson is a few minutes and ends with one habit you can use the same day.

STEP 03

Recognise it in the wild

We show the real messages — the actual CRA text, the actual delivery scam — with the tell circled.

An older woman reading on a tablet at her dining table, notebook beside her
Why we teach at all

We stop what we can. The rest is you, and you deserve a fair chance.

No filter catches everything. A scam invented this morning, sent from a fresh number, with a link that has never been seen before — that one can get through, ours and everyone else's.

That is exactly when knowing the shape of a scam matters. So we teach it, plainly, and we do not pretend the product is a force field.

This is for you if

You recognise any of these.

  • You want to help a parent recognise a scam without lecturing them.
  • You have three minutes, not three hours.
  • You would rather see a real example than a definition.
  • You have already been fooled once and want to understand how.
  • You are the person your family calls when something looks odd.

Available on iPhone and Android, and in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

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