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Millions of Americans have seen their credit scores drop since student loan payments restarted in late 2024. Over 3 million people lost at least 100 points, making it harder—or impossible—to make ends meet.

Are you struggling with rising costs? Been late on a few bills? Check and fix your credit score now. FoolProof has a wealth of information helping you raise your credit score and stop living paycheck to paycheck, starting with these:


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How Is AI Impacting Your Finances?

How Financially Resilient Are (You and) Your Kids?

Looking to Buy or Rent? Beware Real Estate Scams!

How Much Are Your Auto Pays Costing You?

Could You Fall for a Social Security Scam?

Why Are Companies Pushing Apps on You?

Are Quick Home Equity Loans a Good Idea?

How to Make Teenagers Financially Resilient?

Kids Safety and Manipulation Online

Marketers have a gazillion tricks to get people exposed to ads and make sales, and manipulative design is all over it.

Use our videos and resources to get ahead of the game.

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Car Buying Guide
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Home Buying Guide
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Mortgage Guide
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Student Loan Guide

FoolProof Partners with Troutwood

FoolProof and Troutwood create a path for every student to graduate with a working financial plan.

FoolProof is excited to have Troutwood as a strategic resource partner. Troutwood provides teachers and students the technology to learn and create a financial plan for life.

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FoolProof on Good Morning America

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Money Horror Stories

Ripped Off or Scammed?


Have you ever been ripped off or scammed...? Fell for a sales pitch that hurt you? Racked up enormous debt (without knowing it)?

Your experience can help others (and help yourself too)!

In this section, we feature real life stories from people who've been hurt financially, in any consumer transaction, and that have been willing to share their stories, so others (you, perhaps!) won't step in the same trap.

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Impulse Buying

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How many impulse buys are you making?

You'll probably make 40,000 impulse buying decisions in your lifetime.

This section shows you how to recognize the "traps" that lead you to those decisions.

The three impulse buying traps:

  1. Confusing "wants" and "needs."
  2. Falling for Advertising.
  3. Believing in Quick Fixes.

You'll save hundreds of thousands of dollars over your lifetime if you learn how to avoid the these traps.

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Hall of Shame

Don't Be Fooled

FoolProof's Hall of Shame gives you info on companies that claimed to love people, but ended up messing with people in some dodgy way instead.


Why Are We Telling You This?

We want to inject you with a big dose of healthy skepticism!

The most honest seller is not going to tell you what's wrong with their product or service. Their job is to sell you, whether it's good for you, or not.

Your job: To stop-and-question anyone who wants to impact your money or your well-being.

FoolProof & Walter Cronkite

"The FoolProof Foundation believes there is a fundamental flaw in the teaching of financial literacy."

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