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Social Media Self-Defense: Am I Getting Duped?

2025-09-11 16:30:00 2025-09-11 17:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Social Media Self-Defense: Am I Getting Duped? Scammers love to use the way our minds work against us, and the social media world gives them constant opportunities to find new targets for seemingly endless fraud. Martindale-Brightwood Branch -

Thursday, September 11
4:30pm - 5:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-09-11 16:30:00 2025-09-11 17:30:00 America/Indiana/Indianapolis Social Media Self-Defense: Am I Getting Duped? Scammers love to use the way our minds work against us, and the social media world gives them constant opportunities to find new targets for seemingly endless fraud. Martindale-Brightwood Branch -

Scammers love to use the way our minds work against us, and the social media world gives them constant opportunities to find new targets for seemingly endless fraud.

This program will explore the brain and give you tools that you can use to identify deceptive tactics in today's information landscape. Protect yourself and those around you by learning about how the mechanisms of social media take advantage of the way humans think.

See our book list Outsmarting Scammers.

Programs in the Outsmarting Scammers series are made possible by AARP-Indiana through grants to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation.

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Financial Literacy | Class/Workshop |

TAGS: | Senior | Scam | Financial | Consumer | Adult |

Martindale-Brightwood Branch

Phone: 317-275-4310

Hours
Mon, Aug 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Aug 19 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Aug 20 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Thu, Aug 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Fri, Aug 22 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Aug 23 10:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Aug 24 Closed

About the branch

The Brightwood Branch opened in 1901 as the sixth public library in Indianapolis. It served the Brightwood community at several locations along Station Street, one street west of its current North Sherman Avenue storefront site which opened in 1972. A 1996 renovation at this location doubled the size of the branch to 5,400 square feet. In 2020, a brand-new branch building, across the street from the previous branch, was completed and re-named as the Martindale-Brightwood Branch.

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Wed, Aug 20, 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Thu, Aug 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Aug 25, 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tue, Aug 26, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

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