
BECOMING FRAUD WISE: 2026 EDITION
Fraud scams and schemes are increasingly sophisticated in our digital age — texts, clicks and calls come quickly. Becoming Fraud Wise is a timely and practical guide to digital safety developed to help readers recognize, prevent and detect fraud. This guide provides practical tools to build and empower strong security habits that will serve each family member well — especially teens, tweens and seniors. In today's peppering of daily scams, we need to defend every attempt successfully — while they only have to be right once. Confidence comes from preparation; Becoming Fraud Wise brings that mindset.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emily Hicks is a Certified Fraud Examiner and former federal investigator whose calling to service transcends her decades-long law enforcement career with Becoming Fraud Wise. With specialized training and much of her experience in the Office of Inspector General community investigating fraud, waste, abuse, misconduct and ethics, she's uniquely qualified to share her vast knowledge to help readers transform hesitation and uncertainty into a sharpened resolve.