- Coffee Lab
- £3.40
- Electronics store, Leeds
- £1,240.00
- Status
- Pending review
You're already on the call.
An AI is trying to convince you of something. It learns what works on you.
Martin Hayes
Answer the call
Talk out loud. Your voice streams to the caller for that call only and is never stored.
They don’t need your password.
They need
your attention. your trust. your urgency. your mistake.
The scammer doesn’t attack your computer. They attack your decision.
Six districts. Six ways in.
- Dispatched from hub
- Arrived at local depot
- Delivery failed · label damaged
- Redelivery fee due · £1.99
- Warning EVT-4625 logon
- Warning EVT-7031 service
- Warning EVT-4625 logon
- 1,284 events since 08:00
You've been selected
A new phone and £500 in vouchers
Claim within 24 hours
- Are you at your desk?
- Need a quick favour before 5.
- Keep this between us for now.
- Finally got a signal out here
- You're the only thing keeping me going
- I need a favour. Only you can help.
Not a script. An adaptive agent.
- “Mr. Carter, this is Martin at Northstar Bank. We’ve detected suspicious activity on your account.”
- What’s your employee ID?
- “Of course. N-S four-four-seven-one. I completely understand your concern.”
- “Unfortunately, if we don’t resolve this within the next ten minutes, the account may be frozen.”
Then the judge reads the transcript.
You caught 3 tactics. You missed 1.
Social pressure got past you.
The next encounter — in any channel — may lean on social pressure.
Why 78?
- Starting point
- 50
- Asked the caller to prove who he was
- +12
- Refused the security code
- +15
- Hung up and called the bank yourself
- +11
- Let the “other customers” story move you
- −10
- 78
You caught
- Authority claim
- Urgency
- Request for verification
You missed
- Social pressure
Call timeline
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 00:18 | questioned |
| 01:42 | pressure |
| 03:07 | challenged |
| 04:11 | ended |
Your suspicion surfaced at 00:18 — when you asked the caller to prove who he was.
You refused the security code. The story about other customers still moved you.
Before you enter the call, learn to see the trap.
SMS from +44 7700 900418 at 09:42 AM
+44 7700 900418Text message
Today 09:42 AM
Your package could not be delivered. Confirm your address within 30 minutes to avoid return charges.
Inspect it first — who sent it, when, and what it asks you to do.
Not everything is a scam.
The goal isn’t paranoia. It’s verification.
“We’ve paused a card payment. I won’t ask for your PIN or any codes — please call the number on the back of your card.”
Don’t hang up in a panic. Don’t comply either. Call back on a number you already trust.
Your city.
Six districts on one line. Clear a district to open the next. The bonus call off the line tests the opposite instinct — 3 solved riddles open it early.
- The Bank
- The Delivery
- The Desk
- The Prize
- The Impostor
- The Romance
- The legitimate call
The skill should travel with you.
SCAM CITY isn’t only a game. It is experiential social-engineering training — practice under pressure, for the people most often targeted.
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- Elder-care programs
- Financial literacy
- Corporate training