The first hour after a scam decides how much you get back.
A simple kit. It helps you spot today’s scams. It helps you check who is really calling. And it gives you a first-hour plan to stop the harm.
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
Prices shown are each part's own list price. Totals are what the set would cost bought separately.
Right now you might be thinking…
Sound familiar?
Every one of those is covered in here. This was built for people starting from exactly that spot.
What you walk away able to do:
- ✓Spot the warning signs in every scam. Even the new AI voice calls and fake grandkid calls.
- ✓Check who is really calling. Use our words, so a fake bank or SSA cannot rush you.
- ✓Follow the first-hour plan the moment money moves. Who to call, and in what order.
- ✓Freeze your credit at all three bureaus. Lock your accounts. The steps, in order.
- ✓Know who to tell: the FTC, the FBI, your bank. Keep a log that helps you get money back.
…and a good deal more.
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If you only open three things, open these:
1. Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
Of the money the FBI's Recovery Asset Team worked in 2025 cases, 61% was frozen — and speed is what decided it. Five pages that tell you where to start depending on how the money moved, and what to read later.
2. The First Hour
What you do in the next sixty minutes matters more than anything else here, because money sitting still can sometimes be frozen and money that has moved on cannot. The steps in order, starting before step one: hang up.
3. Reporting, and What Each Report Does
People stop reporting because they assume nothing happens, and for most individual cases that is fair. But six reports do six different jobs, and two of them have direct practical effects on you rather than on some future prosecution. Those two are worth your time even if you never hear back.
4. Locking Down What Is Left
Money that is gone is the first hour's problem. This is about the much larger amount still there. The email comes first, because everything else resets through it — and a credit freeze is useless if someone can read the confirmation code.
If you want nothing to slip afterwards, these do that:
5. The Current Playbooks
Every scam here is running right now, grouped by how it reaches you. Each gets three lines: the tell, the script they use, and the one move that ends the call. If you remember one thing per playbook, make it the move.
6. When It Is Family
The hardest situation to act on and the most common one nobody plans for. When the person moving the money is a son, a new partner or a paid caregiver, the obstacles are not legal — they are shame and the fear of being left alone. What it looks like, and what can still be done.
7. Building the Wall
Nineteen pages on making the next attempt fail, plus the two things that follow a first loss that almost nobody is warned about. The calls increase afterwards, and that is not imagination: the FTC explains the mechanism plainly, and so does this part.
What this is worth, piece by piece:
You save $194. That is 87% off.
GET THE KIT — $29Everything above · instant downloadWhat readers have said
Here is what a few have said ↓
“I originally purchased this to help my mother organize her Medicare and Social Security information. The financial security and fraud sections were useful enough that my husband and I went through them too.”
“My father gets scam calls constantly. We went through the fraud checklist together and changed several account settings, froze his credit, and organized who he should call if something happens.”
“Most of this information technically exists online, but it is spread everywhere. Having it organized in plain English, with links and worksheets, saved me hours.”
“There are so many retirement decisions happening at once. This gave me a step-by-step list rather than another 100-page book telling me everything that could possibly go wrong.”
Individual results. Results may vary and are not guaranteed.
What people ask me first…
I would not know where to start”
That is exactly what the first part is for — it starts from zero and tells you the next single thing to do.
I am not good with computers”
Everything is a PDF in large type you can print at home. Nothing to install, nothing to set up.
I have put this off for a while”
Then start with the one-page scan. It takes ten minutes and tells you whether the rest is worth your afternoon.
I should probably ask my daughter”
Hand it to them. The worksheets are built to be filled in together and the scripts are written to be read out loud.
30 days. You risk nothing.
If it does not help you, email us inside 30 days and we send back every penny. We will not ask you why. We never sell your name or your email.
Questions I get asked a lot
Is this easy to use?+
Yes. Plain words, big type, and short lists you can follow under stress. If you can read a letter and make a phone call, you can use this.
I was already scammed. Is it too late?+
No. The first-hour plan works best right away. But the freeze and report steps help whenever you start.
When do I get it?+
Right away. It shows up on your screen the moment you pay. We email you a copy too.
Do I pay every month?+
No. You pay $29 one time. Nothing repeats. There is nothing to cancel.
Is this legal advice?+
No. It only teaches you. Help and reporting are free. If you are in danger right now, call 911.
The first hour after a scam decides how much you get back.
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
- Part 1 — Start Here: The First-Hour Clock
- Part 7 — Building the Wall
- Part 2 — The First Hour
- Part 3 — Reporting, and What Each Report Does
- Part 4 — Locking Down What Is Left
- Part 5 — The Current Playbooks
- Part 6 — When It Is Family
- Household Recovery Vault
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