Licensing & Permissions
ScamEducation.org is committed to the widest possible educational use of our materials. This page explains how you may use our content, what requires permission, and what our license does not cover.
Educational Materials License
Free Use for Nonprofit & Educational Purposes
All printable guides, flyers, and handouts produced by ScamEducation.org are published under a Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
This means public libraries, faith communities, senior centers, schools, healthcare providers, government offices, and nonprofit organizations may reproduce and distribute our materials freely at no charge.
What Is and Is Not Permitted
| Use | Permitted |
|---|---|
| Printing and distributing at a community event | ✔ Yes |
| Posting materials on a nonprofit or government website | ✔ Yes |
| Translating materials into another language for community use | ✔ Yes, with attribution |
| Adapting materials for a local workshop or presentation | ✔ Yes, with attribution |
| Including in a commercial product, service, or training program for profit | ✘ No — contact us |
| Removing or obscuring ScamEducation.org attribution | ✘ No |
| Altering content in a way that changes the factual meaning | ✘ No |
| Using our name or logo to imply endorsement of a product | ✘ No |
Website Content
The text content of this website, including scam descriptions, guidance, and educational articles, is similarly available for non-commercial educational sharing with attribution. We ask that you link back to the original page rather than republishing full articles verbatim where possible.
Website design, visual identity, logo, and the "ScamEducation.org" name are proprietary and may not be reproduced, imitated, or used to create a confusingly similar service.
Disclaimer of Liability
ScamEducation.org provides educational information only. This website does not provide legal, financial, or law enforcement advice. We make every effort to ensure our information is accurate and current, but we cannot guarantee completeness or that it reflects the most recent developments in fraud tactics.
Links to government and third-party websites are provided for convenience. ScamEducation.org does not control those sites and is not responsible for their content.
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Flaticon Icon Attribution
Our materials use icons from Flaticon. Flaticon icons are used under the free license with attribution, as described in the Flaticon Legal Terms.
The following authors created icons used in our materials: Freepik, Pixel Perfect, LAFS, Good Ware, Ahmad Roaayala, Prashanth Rapolu 15, zafdesign, Tempo_doloe, Ctrlastudio, Magnific, PIXARTIST, and Corner Pixel.
Requesting Permission for Other Uses
For commercial licensing inquiries, large-scale reproduction, translation partnerships, or any use not described above, please contact us.