{"id":"life-hs-scam-text-check","audience":"high-school","category":"everyday-life","track":"life","technique":"examples","title":"Check a suspicious text for scam warning signs","free":false,"task":"You got a text saying your package can't be delivered. You want to check it before you tap anything. Get exactly 4 numbered red flags, each quoting the exact words from the text in quotation marks, then a last line starting \"Safe next step:\" that doesn't use the link or number in the text. Under 110 words, plain text. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"The text message and context (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"Text received Tuesday 7:52 PM from +1 (839) 555-0472:\n\n\"SwiftShip Notice: Your parcel #SS20931 is on hold due to an incomplete address. A $1.99 redelivery fee is required within 12 hours or the parcel will be returned to sender. Update now: swiftship-redelivery-help.co/pay  Reply STOP to opt out.\"\n\nContext:\n- I did order a phone case online last week. The store's email said it ships with Parcel Express, not SwiftShip.\n- My order confirmation has a tracking page on the store's website, which I haven't checked yet.\n- My friend Maya got the same text and said she paid the $1.99 and nothing happened.\n- I'm 16 and the only card I have is a debit card my mom set up.\n- The number isn't saved in my phone.\n- The text came in while I was at practice.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":110},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Getting a general scam lecture","why":"The AI lists common scam signs that aren't in this text, like spelling errors or prize offers.","fix":"Add: \"Quote the exact words from this text for each red flag.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Ignoring what only you know","why":"The AI judges the text alone and misses that your order ships with a different company.","fix":"Add: \"Use my context: the store ships with Parcel Express.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No clear next step","why":"The AI ends with a list of tips instead of one safe thing to do now.","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Safe next step: one action that doesn't use the link or number.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Leaving the length open","why":"The AI writes headed sections and bold warnings that are hard to read on a phone.","fix":"Say: \"Exactly 4 numbered red flags, then one last line. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 110 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part: \"each red flag under 16 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Asks for exact quotes","patterns":["quote","exact words","quotation"]},{"label":"Uses your context","patterns":["parcel express","context","my order","store"]},{"label":"Asks for a safe next step","patterns":["next step","what (should|do) i do","safe"]},{"label":"Sets the number of red flags","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,20}(red flags?|signs?|lines?|numbered)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)"]}],"hint":"A general scam checklist won't prove anything about this text. Ask the AI to point at the exact words, use what you know about your order, and end with one safe action.","rubricLabels":["At least 3 of the 4 red flags quote exact words from the text in quotation marks (for example \"within 12 hours\", \"$1.99 redelivery fee\", \"swiftship-redelivery-help.co\", \"incomplete address\")","At least one red flag uses the context: the store said the order ships with Parcel Express, not SwiftShip","Ends with a line starting \"Safe next step:\" that says to check tracking on the store's own website (or ask a parent) and not tap the link, reply, or call the number in the text"]}