RingMyTech does not invent breaking incidents to keep a blog looking current. When a federal agency describes a pattern that is reaching older adults, we explain it in plain language and point to the original page. Members on Basic Care receive monthly scam alerts. Essential Care includes wellness and scam reminders. Those notes are education, not a promise that every scam will be spotted.
No current alert is posted on this page
There is no current RingMyTech alert on this page. A date change, a rewritten headline, or a recycled warning is not an update. This page will carry an alert only when there is a genuine, sourced development worth adding. Until then, use the standing patterns in the Scam Awareness Center and the agency pages at the bottom.
Focused explanations of stable problems live on their own pages: fake Microsoft warnings, remote-access scams, suspicious text messages, after clicking a suspicious link, and after sending money. Those pages are evergreen on purpose.
Where to look first
Start with the FTC, the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center, and CISA. Social Security, Medicare, and the Postal Inspection Service publish their own warnings when their names are being misused. Those pages change. This site should send you there rather than replace them.
What an alert should change
If an alert describes a delivery text, a fake virus pop-up, or a grandchild voice message, rehearse the matching habit once. Bookmark the real carrier or agency. Tell one family member. Then go back to your day. Rereading alerts all afternoon does not add protection.
The standing patterns live in the Scam Awareness Center. The after-the-fact steps live in Scam help.
What RingMyTech will not send
We will not text you a link demanding payment, a gift card, or remote access. Membership billing happens through the checkout you started. If a message uses our name and breaks those rules, do not click it. Call (888) 981-TECH on the number you already know.
How to use an alert the same day
Read it once. Ask which habit it changes: a link, a caller, a payment, or remote access. Tell one person in the household. If a similar message is already on a phone in the house, compare it to the pattern list before anyone clicks. Then stop. Collecting alerts is not the same as being safer.
Basic Care includes monthly scam alerts. Essential Care includes wellness and scam reminders. Those messages are part of membership education. They are not a monitoring service, and they do not see a member's email or texts unless the member shows them to us during help they requested.
Unsure whether something is legitimate?
Bring us the message you just received. We would rather look at one real text than add another generic warning.
Sources
RingMyTech explains these topics in plain language. The agencies below publish the primary guidance.
- FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
- Federal Trade Commission: tech support scams
- Federal Trade Commission: report fraud
- CISA: avoid social engineering and phishing
- Social Security Administration scam awareness
- Medicare fraud and abuse reporting
- U.S. Department of Justice Elder Justice Initiative
- U.S. Postal Inspection Service
- IdentityTheft.gov