Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to gather with friends and family, enjoy good food, football, and maybe even a few rounds of board or video games. This year, add a twist with a friendly competition to test everyone’s scam knowledge. ScamSpotter has created the following quiz to ensure everyone in the family is scam-savvy.

If you're a regular reader of ScamSpotter, you'll likely ace this test. But what about the rest of the family? With so many gaming scams and online fraud waiting to exploit personal information and finances, this is a great time to raise awareness.

So, here’s a family-friendly activity for the holiday – take our test on common scams and fraud tactics and see who the champion ScamSpotter is in your house.


Enjoy your holidays. 

If you answer "yes" or "true" to a question add one point to your score.

The more points you score, the more likely you may become a victim of a scam or identity theft. Click on the question to be directed to the answer.


  1. Playing video games has few to no risks for my child.
  2. I can't remember the last time I updated my computer antivirus software.
  3. Children/minors are the least likely to be targets of identity theft.
  4. If I receive a call or letter from a charity and I like what the charity supports, I typically give.
  5. There is no harm in "liking" something on social media.
  6. Two-factor authentication is too much trouble to use.
  7. I don't shred banking or any mail that shows my personal information, I just tear it up and trash it.
  8. I have at least two accounts with the same password.
  9. I never order copies of my annual credit report. I just look at my credit score.
  10. I haven't notified any of the credit reporting agencies of the death

of a relative.

How did you do? If you want to continue your scam knowledge, click on this link from The Washington Post to test even deeper knowledge of scams and fraud.
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