Recognizing a scam takes practice, and nobody should have to get that practice the hard way. So we built a learning tool where people respond to an AI-played scammer with no real stakes — no real money, no real personal information. The tool points out the red flags and explains why they matter. We use it in our workshops, and anyone can use it at home.
What we're building
Interactive tools that teach scam recognition, digital safety, and online privacy through practice, not just information.
Why we build tools
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The learning tool is live and free to use. It's still in active development, so scenarios and wording will keep changing as we learn from workshop feedback.
Launch learning toolThere are currently eight practice scenarios, each based on a scam we hear about from participants: a phishing text, a fake CRA phone call, a rental listing and chat, a fake immigration consultant, a fake tech support alert, a phishing email, a family emergency call, and a fake bank investigator call. The three phone scenarios are real voice calls — you answer and talk back out loud, the way you would on your own phone.
If you get stuck mid-scenario, you can ask for hints. When you're done, the tool walks you through a debrief: which red flags you caught, which ones you missed, and why each one matters. You can print the summary to keep, or send a scenario to a family member you're worried about.
It's designed for workshops first. A facilitator can project it on a screen and guide the room through a scenario together, and it works well on tablets with one-on-one support nearby. But you don't need a workshop to use it — every scenario on our resources page links straight into the tool.
What's next
We keep revising the scenarios based on what happens in workshops. Every session shows us what's clear, what needs more explanation, and what people want more practice with. That's how the two newest scenarios — the family emergency call and the fake bank investigator call — made it into the tool.
Next, we want to cover the fraud types the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre identifies as causing the most harm. Investment fraud was the #1 category by dollar loss in 2025 ($351 million), followed by relationship fraud ($63 million) and job fraud ($51 million). We're also looking at QR code fraud, gift card payment scams, and recovery pitch scams, where fraudsters go back to people who've already been victimized. If you have ideas or want to help us build, get in touch.
Contact usSource: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, 2026 "Show Me The Fraud" toolkit.