• The Second Look™

    30-Minute Presentation

    SHARON & ELLEN · SAVANNAHAnniversary Sale
    TEACHING RECONSTRUCTION

    Welcome to Savannah

    Graceful, comfortable style · 30-day money-back guarantee

    Summer Dress
    Floral Midi
    Everyday Comfort
    Outside check · BBB Scam Tracker

    The website didn't change.
    Our information did.

    BBB
    Business name used: Sharon & Ellen Savannah

    BBB Scam Tracker contains consumer-submitted reports associated with the business name. Reports are evidence to consider—not proof by themselves.

    Open BBB Scam Tracker ↗
    Shopify Help Center · independent source

    Legitimate Shopify email links may use shopifysvc.com.

    Shopify explains that it may use a trusted sender service and that links in its emails can include the domain shopifysvc.com.
    Open Shopify guidance ↗

    Suspicion is a reason to check—not a reason to reject.

    The first one looked pretty good.
    The second one didn't.

    Looks didn't settle either one.

    I'm not here to teach you to distrust everything.

    A practical decision-making process

    THE SECOND LOOK™

    When something gives you a reason to wonder…

    Give it The Second Look.

    Sam McCollough

    Adult Educator · Author · Presenter

    Author of DEBUNK
    Creator of the Don't Get Bunked!™ System

    Scams change. Technology changes. The story changes.
    The thinking doesn't have to.

    Sometimes: probably bunk.

    Sometimes: pretty confident it's legitimate.

    And sometimes…

    I don't know yet.

    That's allowed, too.

    It's different when it's your computer.

    Your bank account.
    Your money.
    And it's happening right in front of you.

    The story

    YOUR COMPUTER IS INFECTED!

    What am I actually being asked to do?

    CALL THIS STRANGER AND GIVE THEM ACCESS TO MY COMPUTER.

    Claim

    What somebody wants you to believe

    ≠
    Evidence

    What gives you a reason to believe it

    VERIFY INDEPENDENTLY

    YOUR WAY, NOT THEIRS.

    Bank problem?
    Go to the bank.
    Package problem?
    Go to the carrier.
    Government problem?
    Go to the agency.
    The story changes.
    The process doesn't.
    WHAT’S AT RISK?

    What happens if I'm wrong?

    A ten-dollar purchase isn't necessarily a ten-dollar risk.

    Considering what's at risk, is that enough for me?

    The evidence affects your confidence.
    The stakes affect how much confidence you want.

    Suspicious activity detected.

    Your account has been locked.

    Tap here immediately to restore access.

    Don't tell me scam or legit.

    TRUE OR FALSE?

    Lightning can heat the air around it to about five times the temperature of the Sun's surface.

    National Weather Service: lightning can heat the air it passes through to about 50,000°F—roughly five times hotter than the Sun's surface.

    Open NWS source ↗
    THE CLAIM

    An egg is easier to balance on the equinox because of a special gravitational effect.

    Equinox
    Egg balances.

    THE CONTROL

    Equinox
    Egg balances.

    ≠

    Ordinary day
    Egg also balances.

    The observation was real.
    It didn't prove the explanation.

    THIS IS
    CRITICAL THINKING.

    Question what you're given. · Look at the evidence. · Check your own assumptions.

    I DON'T KNOW YET.

    Different subjects. Same thinking.

    Teaching reconstruction · final challenge
    amazon

    Amazon Notice

    A recent purchase didn't meet our quality standards.

    You're eligible for a full refund and don't need to return the item.

    Request Refund →

    Give it The Second Look.

    VERIFY INDEPENDENTLY

    Don't use the message to investigate the message.

    FTC guidance documents this scam pattern and advises checking your Amazon account independently rather than using the message link.

    Open FTC guidance ↗
    TAKE A SECOND LOOK™
    What am I actually being asked to believe or do?
    What evidence would help me know?
    Can I verify it independently?
    Based on what I've learned, how confident am I?
    Considering what's at risk, is that enough for me?
    Don't Get Bunked!™

    Resource Center

    Every resource we've used today is right here.

    Trusted Fact-Check Sources

    Independent places to check claims.

    Additional Trusted Resources

    Authoritative sources for independent checks.

    You don't have to start from scratch.

    Open the Resource Center ↗QR code for the Don’t Get Bunked! Resource Center

    New scams will come.
    Technology will change.
    And people will keep finding new ways to make things look convincing.

    I can't promise you'll never get bunked.
    I can't promise I won't.

    One question.
    One check.
    One moment before the next click…

    Give yourself that moment.

    TAKE A SECOND LOOK™

    Thank you.

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