Free scam safety checklists
Print or save these simple checklists. They are free, need no sign-up, and ask for no personal information. Never write OTPs, passwords, card numbers, or IDs onto a checklist.
Choose a checklist
What this checklist library is
These are short, practical reference sheets you can keep on hand and share with the people you care about. Each one focuses on a single situation - protecting a family, acting calmly in the first day after a scam, or reducing fraud risk in a small business - so you are not hunting through a long article when you need clear steps. They are educational summaries, not legal or financial advice, and they work alongside the message checker and the deeper recovery guides.
Which checklist to use
- Family scam safety checklist - agree a few simple rules with relatives, including older parents and teenagers, before anything goes wrong.
- First 24 hours after a scam - a calm, ordered set of steps for the moments and hours right after you realise something is wrong.
- Business scam prevention checklist - reduce invoice fraud, payment-redirection, and impersonation risk for a small team.
How to use them safely
Read a checklist through once before you need it, then keep it somewhere easy to find. If you print a copy, treat it as a reminder sheet only: never write passwords, one-time codes, card numbers, bank details, or ID numbers onto it. The goal is to slow decisions down - most message scams rely on speed and pressure, so a short pause to check the list is often enough to break the spell. If you want to understand the warning signs behind the steps, browse the red flags library and the scam types library.
When to escalate
If money has moved or account details were exposed, do not wait. Contact your bank or payment provider first, then report through the official channel for your country in the reporting directory or the country reporting guides. If someone is in immediate danger, contact local emergency services. Be wary of any follow-up contact offering to recover your money for an upfront fee - that is a common second scam, not help.
Each checklist is a normal web page you can print to PDF from your browser (Print → Save as PDF).