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Practice scam calls — before a real one practices on you.

There's a phone number you can call, right now, where a live AI scammer will try to work you — the fake bank "fraud team," the fake government agent, the too-good-to-be-true sweetheart. Your job: catch the play before it lands. It's fictional, it's consensual, it's free to try, and the moment you hang up, a full breakdown of every pressure tactic lands in your email.

📞 (251) 501-4159

Say ARCADE to face a scammer. Say COMPANION for the harder game: a partner who feels real and might be hiding something. No signup. Adults 18+.

Why practice beats knowing

Almost everyone who loses money to a phone scam knew about scams. Knowledge fails because the attack isn't aimed at your logic — it's aimed at urgency, authority, fear, and the deep human reflex to comply with a confident voice. Researchers call the fix inoculation: experience a weakened, safe version of the manipulation, feel the pull, and build the reflex before the stakes are real. That's this, for your phone.

Who answers when you call

🏦 Marcus — "your bank's fraud team"

Warm, competent, urgent. Two fake charges to reverse, one one-time code he needs read back. He escalates through the same pressure waves real vishing crews use — and only "wins" the moment you'd have complied.

🚨 Officer Bane — the government imposter

Authority, case numbers, consequences for hanging up. The exact architecture of jury-duty and benefits-suspension scams, run on you safely.

💘 Sasha — the sweetheart

The long game: warmth, mirroring, a story that needs just a little help. Romance-scam mechanics compressed into one call, with the pivot you learn to feel coming.

❤️ Companion mode — the hardest read of all

Call your "partner" or best friend. Maybe they're hiding something; maybe they're not. Interrogate and they wall up. Accuse an innocent and you feel it. Warmth gets the truth — this mode trains reading the people close to you without becoming paranoid.

The rule the game never breaks

Every debrief ends the same way, because it's the only advice that matters in real life: hang up, and call back on a number YOU found — the one on your card, the official website. Hanging up to verify is always scored as a win here. Never stall or play with a real scammer; leave that to us, we're fictional.

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Questions people ask

Is it free?
Yes — free training calls every month, no signup, no card. More rounds via a Line Pass if you want them; the free tier stays free.
Is it safe? What about my number?
Everything is fiction and says so. The characters never ask for real data, and if you offer anything that even looks real — a card number, a code — they interrupt and refuse it. We don't sell personal information.
Will it ever call me?
No. You call it. Nothing calls or messages you without your explicit prior consent — hard rule.
Can I prepare an older parent with it?
Yes, practicing together is one of the best uses (18+ only). The emailed debrief names each tactic in plain English, which makes the family conversation afterwards much easier.
What if I beat the scammer?
Then you get your win rated, the tactics you flagged quoted back to you — and there's a Wall for the ones nobody can play.