The 5-Minute Rule
How to Stop Scams, Verify What’s Real, and Protect the People You LoveBy August Renner
Length9h 51m
About this audiobook
Scams don’t fool people. Pressure rushes them.
A fake message does not have to fool you forever. It only has to rush you long enough to click, answer, pay, share a code, or keep a secret.
The 5-Minute Rule is a calm, practical survival guide for spotting scams, verifying what is real, and protecting the people you love.
August Renner explains why smart people fall for scams, how pressure changes decisions, and how to build simple rules before fear takes over.
You will learn how to slow down urgent messages, verify calls and alerts through safer channels, protect money and identity, talk to parents and teenagers without shame, and respond quickly if something already happened.
This is not a paranoia book. It is a humane field guide for a world of fake messages, fake voices, fake websites, fake emergencies, and AI-assisted deception.
You can’t stop every scam.
But you can stop the next one.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Education and Learning
Length9 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 9, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The 5-Minute Rule
22Chapter Seventeen: Fake Love and Manufactured Belonging
2Introduction: The Message That Could Be Real
23Part Four: Before You Give Them the Thing They Want
3Part One: The Trap Is Built for Humans
24Chapter Eighteen: Before You Send Money
4Chapter One: It Was Designed to Work
25Chapter Nineteen: Before You Share Information
5Chapter Two: Pressure Beats Intelligence
26Chapter Twenty: Before You Let Someone In
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6Chapter Three: Good Traits Can Be Used Against You
27Chapter Twenty-One: Before You Trust the Dashboard
7Chapter Four: Fear Makes Verification Feel Dangerous
28Chapter Twenty-Two: Before You Keep It Secret
8Chapter Five: Shame Is Part of the Scam
29Part Five: Protecting the People You Love
9Part Two: The 5-Minute Operating System
30Chapter Twenty-Three: How to Talk to Parents Without Insulting Them
10Chapter Six: Do Not Act Yet
31Chapter Twenty-Four: Protecting Older Adults Without Taking Over
11Chapter Seven: The Pressure Test
32Chapter Twenty-Five: How to Talk to Teens Before They Are Targeted
12Chapter Eight: The Second Channel Rule
33Chapter Twenty-Six: Couples, Households, and Money Requests
13Chapter Nine: The Known Path Rule
34Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Household Scam Plan
14Chapter Ten: Codes Are Keys
35Part Six: If Something Already Happened
15Chapter Eleven: Money Does Not Need Panic
36Chapter Twenty-Eight: The First Hour
16Part Three: When Fake Looks Real
37Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Day
17Chapter Twelve: Fake Voices and Familiar Faces
38Chapter Thirty: The First Week
18Chapter Thirteen: Fake Messages and Routine Alerts
39Chapter Thirty-One: How to Tell Someone
19Chapter Fourteen: Fake Websites and Search Traps
40Chapter Thirty-Two: The Second Scam
20Chapter Fifteen: Fake Support and False Authority
41Part Seven: Trust Slower, Not Less
21Chapter Sixteen: Fake Jobs and Better Futures
42Chapter Thirty-Three: The Pause Is the Protection
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