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TSS Foundation offers gamified app to teach seniors how to spot scams
Summary
Henry Collins, founder of the TSS Foundation, described a gamified scam-awareness application, linked seminars and a quarterly magazine designed to teach seniors to recognize phone, text and email scams; Collins said he plans bank and senior-center deployments and is fundraising via GoFundMe.
Henry Collins, founder of the TSS Foundation, told 107.5 WVLS that his nonprofit has developed a gamified training app to help seniors identify scams that bypass existing technical filters. "As more and more seniors get connected, now they become prey to scammers," Collins said, arguing that training must complement bank filters and other perimeter defenses.
Collins said the app presents realistic scenarios for in-person, phone, email and text scams and rewards correct answers with…
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