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Scams & fraud
Phone, text, email and “tech support” scams; grandparent, romance and investment schemes; fake bank alerts. Knowing the shape of a scam is most of the defense.
The ten-second test
Hancock County, Indiana · Serving Hoosier households statewide
Security for Hoosier households — plainly explained, and free for those who need it most.
Scam calls and texts. Accounts that get taken over. Home networks nobody has looked at since the day the internet was installed. Protect Indiana helps Indiana households and small local organizations understand these risks and close them — with free guides, free help for seniors, veterans and nonprofits, and unhurried professional checkups for everyone else.
What we protect against
Four kinds of risk, one plain-spoken guide through them.
In 2025 Americans reported nearly $21 billion lost to cyber-enabled fraud to the FBI, and losses among people over sixty rose by more than a third in a single year. Almost none of it required a hacker; nearly all of it required an unanswered question. We answer the questions.
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Accounts & devices
Email, banking and social accounts locked down; passwords that hold; two-factor set up properly; phones and computers updating and backed up.
Locking down your accountsIII
The home network
The router, the Wi‑Fi, and the two dozen devices quietly connected to them. Set up once in ten minutes and never examined since — until now.
The 20-minute checkupIV
Home & property
Doors, locks, lighting, sensors and — where they earn their place — cameras, built local-first so your home keeps working when the internet or a company does not.
Doors, locks, and the strike plate
How we help
Free where it should be. Professional where you want it.
Everything begins with a conversation and ends with something written down that you can act on without us.
Free help
For Hoosiers 65 and older, veterans, and Indiana nonprofits and houses of worship: a security checkup, scam-response help, and workshops for your group — free, as our schedule allows.
About free helpHousehold Security Checkup
An unhurried session — in person, by phone, or on a screen share — through scams, accounts, devices and your home network, ending in a written plan for your household.
About the checkupHome Network Audit
A methodical inspection of your router, Wi‑Fi and every connected device, with the important fixes made on the spot and a plain-English report.
About the auditSmall Organization Review
For churches, nonprofits, clubs and small businesses: email and phishing, accounts, backups and ransomware readiness, Wi‑Fi, and the member or donor data you hold.
About the reviewLocal-First Smart Home & Security
Home Assistant systems that bring locks, sensors, alarms and cameras into one private system in your house — and, where wanted, security installation done properly.
About home systemsNot sure?
Describe what happened or what worries you. We will tell you honestly what it needs — including “nothing, and here is why.”
Ask for help
Principles
What we owe every Hoosier who asks.
Plain language, always
If we cannot explain a risk or a setting so that you understand it, we have not finished. Jargon keeps people dependent. We would rather bridge the gap.
Free for those who need it most
The people most targeted by fraud are the least served by the industry. Seniors, veterans, and the small organizations that hold a community together get our help at no charge, as our schedule allows.
You own it
Your accounts, your passwords, your recordings, your equipment, your data. We set things up so they are yours, in writing, and so nothing depends on us — or on a company far away — to keep working.
Neighbors, not accounts
We are based in Hancock County and we serve fellow Hoosiers. No sales team, no quotas, no monthly fees to us. The person you talk to is the person who does the work.
Field Guides
Free, practical guides for Indiana households.
Written for people who would like to understand their own security. Read one before you talk to us so you know what to ask — or use it and never need to.
Scams & fraud
How to spot a scam in ten seconds
Every scam has the same three parts. Learn them, and the callers, texts and pop-ups lose their power — plus what to do in the first hour if it already happened.
Accounts & devicesLocking down your accounts
The email account is the master key to everything else. Passwords, two-factor, recovery, and the order to do it in.
NetworkThe 20-minute home network checkup
Change the defaults, close the doors, and find out what is actually connected to your Wi‑Fi.
Home & propertyDoors, locks, and the strike plate
Most break-ins are a kick, not a pick. The most overlooked upgrade in home security costs about six dollars.
Ask us anything about keeping your household secure.
Tell us what happened or what worries you. We reply personally, in plain English, and there is no obligation.