You're invited to the Just Say No to Scams: Protecting consumers and communities from fraud training, hosted by Consumer Action and sponsored by Early Warning Services. We are bringing this free training to the greater San Francisco region as part of Consumer Action's decades-long work educating consumers to better recognize and avoid fraud.
The training will provide advocates, educators, counselors, faith-based and other direct service providers an opportunity to gather knowledge and resources to help protect their communities against ever-evolving scams and fraud. With the Federal Trade Commission reporting that consumers lost more than $15.9 billion to fraud in 2025—up from 12.5 billion a year earlier—there is no better time to equip yourself with tools and information to protect your clients.
The training will offer:
• An introduction to Consumer Action's Just Say No to Scams community education module, a free resource that includes multilingual consumer brochures and tools ready for use in your community education work;
• An identity theft prevention and recovery session providing practical information on preventing identity theft and helping consumers take steps if their information is compromised;
• A presentation by Ally Armeson, FightCybercrime.org's executive director, focused on how community advocates can speak with and direct consumers who are experiencing or recovering from severe cybercrime while better understanding the shame, isolation and stigma victims may experience;
• Resources for staying informed about emerging scams; and
• Details on how nonprofit attendees will be able to apply for one of four small community education stipends.
• An introduction to Consumer Action's Just Say No to Scams community education module, a free resource that includes multilingual consumer brochures and tools ready for use in your community education work;
• An identity theft prevention and recovery session providing practical information on preventing identity theft and helping consumers take steps if their information is compromised;
• A presentation by Ally Armeson, FightCybercrime.org's executive director, focused on how community advocates can speak with and direct consumers who are experiencing or recovering from severe cybercrime while better understanding the shame, isolation and stigma victims may experience;
• Resources for staying informed about emerging scams; and
• Details on how nonprofit attendees will be able to apply for one of four small community education stipends.
If you are a community educator or advocate, you will not want to miss this in-person training, which will also offer an excellent networking opportunity.
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Event check-in: 9:30 a.m.
Program: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Breakfast and lunch provided)
Location: University of California Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), 198 McAllister Street, San Francisco CA (Auditorium)
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Event check-in: 9:30 a.m.
Program: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Breakfast and lunch provided)
Location: University of California Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), 198 McAllister Street, San Francisco CA (Auditorium)