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WatchOut gives libraries, schools, nonprofits, community groups, and public agencies short alerts, practical advice, and shareable images. Use them in newsletters, on websites, in staff channels, at workshops, or wherever your community already listens.
Choose what fits your community
Libraries and senior services
Delivery scams, government impersonation, bank warnings, tech support, and other scams targeting older adults and caregivers.
Schools and universities
Gaming, scholarship, student job, social-media, housing, and parent-targeted scams.
Nonprofits
Fake grants, invoices, donor requests, executive impersonation, payroll fraud, and account theft.
Companies and public agencies
Phishing, fake meeting invitations, payment fraud, account takeover, and emerging impersonation patterns.
Share an alert in minutes
- Find an alert. Browse WatchOut or follow the RSS and JSON feeds.
- Choose what is relevant. You do not need to distribute every alert.
- Share it your way. Use the image, newsletter copy, social text, printable material, or the WatchOut link.
- Help people take the next step. Send them to the official service, recovery guidance, or CRF's free checker.
What WatchOut provides
- Short, plain-language scam alerts
- Images sized for sharing
- Ready-to-copy newsletter and social text
- Topic-focused alerts for different audiences
- Links to deeper ScamArchive records
- Free reuse with credit
Start with one alert
We can begin with one audience, one topic, or one small pilot. WatchOut does not require your organization to send us personal information or raw case files.
WatchOut alerts are reviewed before public release. Partners choose what to distribute, but the canonical alert and its factual content remain on WatchOut.