WackyCoder™ — Bergen County Division of Senior Services United

This confidence-building workshop teaches seniors to recognize scams, use A.I. as a checking aid, verify suspicious claims independently, and report fraud.

Workshop flow

  • Welcome and scam icebreaker
  • Meet your A.I. assistant
  • Scam or Safe? challenge
  • Hands-on suspicious-message practice
  • Deepfake and voice-clone awareness
  • Passwords, banking, Medicare, romance, shopping, and tech-support scams
  • Reporting fraud

Golden rule

STOP → THINK → VERIFY. Never send money, gift cards, passwords, or one-time codes because someone pressures you to act immediately.

Key takeaway: A.I. can help you investigate, but verification should come from official sources and trusted contacts.