Curriculum Scams, Fraud & Consumer Protection
Scams, Fraud & Consumer Protection
How financial scams actually work, and the rights and tools that protect you when something goes wrong.
- How Scams Actually Work The psychological levers nearly every scam relies on, and why smart, careful people still fall for them. 📄 Read-aloud
- Phishing and Imposter Scams How phishing messages and impersonation scams are built, and the specific tells that give them away. 📄 Read-aloud
- Investment and Romance Scams Why the slowest-moving scams are often the most costly, and the patterns that separate them from real opportunities. 📄 Read-aloud
- Identity Theft and How to Prevent It How stolen personal information turns into real financial damage, and the habits that limit the risk. 📄 Read-aloud
- Scams, Fraud & Consumer Protection: Checkpoint 1 Covers scam psychology, phishing and imposter scams, investment and romance scams, and identity theft. 5 questions
- Your Consumer Protection Rights The baseline rights that apply to nearly every purchase and financial product, and why they exist. 📄 Read-aloud
- Filing a Complaint and Getting Your Money Back The actual sequence of steps that gets a fraudulent or unfair charge reversed, and why acting quickly matters. 📄 Read-aloud
- Protecting Vulnerable Family Members Why older relatives and other vulnerable family members are targeted more often, and practical ways to help without taking over. 📄 Read-aloud
- Scams, Fraud & Consumer Protection: Checkpoint 2 Covers consumer protection rights, disputing charges, and protecting vulnerable family members. 5 questions
- Chargebacks and Disputing Charges How to reverse a fraudulent or incorrect credit card charge, and why this protection barely exists with other payment methods. 📄 Read-aloud
- Recognizing Fake Reviews and Deceptive Marketing How to spot manipulated reviews and misleading advertising claims before they influence a purchase. 📄 Read-aloud
- How Warranties Work, Economically Why companies offer warranties at all, and how to tell a genuinely useful one from a purchase that mostly just costs extra. 📄 Read-aloud
- Dark Patterns in Online Shopping How websites design pages to nudge you toward spending more or canceling less than you actually intend to. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Product Recalls Why companies sometimes recall products voluntarily before being forced to, and what a recall actually costs everyone involved. 📄 Read-aloud
- Subscription Traps and Cancellation Friction Why signing up for a subscription is usually easy and canceling one is often deliberately hard, and what protections exist. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Economics of Extended Warranties Why extended warranties are among the most profitable products retailers sell, and when they're actually worth buying. 📄 Read-aloud
- Data Breaches: What Happens to Your Information What actually happens after a company loses your data in a breach, and the practical steps that follow one. 📄 Read-aloud
- Return Policies and the Economics of Retail Why return policies vary so much between stores, and how retailers price the cost of returns into what you pay. 📄 Read-aloud
- UPI and Digital Payment Frauds The common tricks used in digital payment scams in India, why they work, and practical ways to protect yourself. 📄 Read-aloud
- Consumer Commissions in India How India's Consumer Protection Act of 2019 lets consumers seek redress through a three-tier system of commissions, and how to file a complaint. 📄 Read-aloud
- Drip Pricing and Hidden Fees How businesses reveal extra charges gradually during checkout, why this raises what people pay, and how regulators are responding. 📄 Read-aloud
- Misleading Health and Food Claims How advertisers use health halos, vague labels and miracle claims to sell food and wellness products, and how Indian regulators respond. 📄 Read-aloud