All it Takes is One Click Avoiding Scams in the Digital Age

Scams are a rising concern in this day and age, if you’re not prepared, they’ll get you too. We’d all like to think we would never fall for a scam–especially the old “Nigerian Prince” trick. But today’s scammers are far more convincing, sneaky, and intelligent. According to an article by NBC Montana, Montanans lost over 21 million dollars to scams in the year 2023.

Modern scammers rely on two powerful emotions: panic and empathy. They do whatever it takes to elicit said emotion in you, then use that emotion to steal everything they can. A scammer’s number one enemy is calm, collected thinking....