A CheckTwice guide

Scam-proof someone you love in one afternoon.

You have read the stories and you are worried about one specific person. This is the list of what to actually do about it: six things, in order, with everything you need to finish them today.

What you will have done by this evening

  1. A family code word. (10 min)One question only your family can answer, agreed out loud. It is the thing that still works when a voice on the phone sounds exactly like your child.
  2. Their phone hardened. (20 min)Unknown callers silenced, spam filtering on, two-factor turned on. Exact menu steps for iPhone and Android, and the free carrier tools.
  3. Credit frozen at all three bureaus. (30 min)The real phone numbers and addresses, what each one asks for, and how to thaw it in a minute when they actually need credit.
  4. The conversation, without the fight. (varies)Word-for-word scripts for the first talk, for the parent who says they are fine, and for the hardest one, when money has already gone.
  5. A card on their fridge. (5 min)One page, large type, the seven signs that mean stop. Printable, and made to be photographed and passed on.
  6. A plan for the first 24 hours. (5 min)If money already moved, the order of the calls decides how much comes back. Bank first, then ic3.gov, and what the second wave of scammers will try next.

Why this exists

In 2025, Americans aged 60 and over reported losing $7.75 billion to fraud. That is a 59 percent jump in one year, across 201,266 complaints, and the average loss was $38,500.

The people this happens to are not foolish. The FBI’s own victims include retired engineers, teachers, and accountants. These scams do not defeat intelligence. They defeat attention, by manufacturing urgency so there is no moment to think. The kit is built around that, which is also why it never asks you to treat your parent as someone who needs managing.

Every figure in the kit comes from the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center’s 2025 Elder Fraud Report and is listed on its sources page. Nothing is estimated or rounded up.

Take the fridge card free

The one-page card is genuinely useful on its own, so it is free. Print it, put it by the phone, and send the photo to anyone who should have it. No email required.

Download the fridge card

The Parent Protection Kit

16 pages, emailed to you the moment you pay. Yours to keep and to print. One payment, not a subscription.

$19one time

If it is not worth it, every email we send includes a refund link. One click, the money goes back to your card automatically, and you do not have to ask anyone or explain yourself.

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The kit is finished. We are waiting on our business registration before we can take payments. The fridge card above is free in the meantime.

Honest answers

How does it arrive?

By email, within a minute of paying, as a PDF you download and keep. The link does not expire, so the same email works months later. If nothing has arrived after a few minutes, check your spam folder, then email hello@checktwice.app and we will send it to you directly.

What if it is not worth $19?

Then you get your money back, and you do not have to ask a person for it. Every email we send includes a refund link. Click it, tell us what missed if you feel like it, and the refund goes to your card automatically. No forms, no negotiation, no waiting on a reply.

Do I need to buy CheckTwice too?

No. The kit is written to work completely on its own, and it mentions CheckTwice once, on the last page. Our checker is free to use at any time whether or not you buy anything.

Is my parent going to feel managed?

That is the risk the conversation scripts exist for, and it is the reason most families never get past step one. The whole approach makes the scams the problem rather than the person, because that happens to be true.

What if they already lost money?

Start with component six, then the third conversation script. The order of the first few phone calls genuinely affects how much comes back, and there is a second wave of scammers who target people who have already been hit.

Is this legal or financial advice?

No. It is federal guidance from the FBI and the FTC, arranged in the order a family can actually complete it.