Digital Smarts: Think It Can't Happen to You?

Online scams have become more sophisticated than ever, and one of the fastest-growing threats is known as pig-butchering—a devastating scheme that combines online friendships or romance, fake investment opportunities, and organized international crime. Every day, people from all walks of life—including retirees, professionals, business owners, and even financial experts—lose their savings to these highly organized criminal networks. In this engaging and eye-opening presentation, former CIA intelligence officer and best-selling author Peter Warmka reveals how these scams really work. Through compelling real-life stories, including the shocking case of a bank CEO who was manipulated into sending millions of dollars to fraudsters, you'll discover the psychological tactics criminals use to gain trust, manipulate emotions, and convince intelligent people to make costly decisions. Speaker: Peter Warmka Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where he specialized in clandestine HUMINT (human intelligence) collection. With 20+ years of breaching security overseas for a living, Warmka is now dedicated to educating businesses and individuals about human hacking and AI threats. Mr. Warmka is the author of another book titled, Confessions of a CIA spy: The art of human hacking. In this explosive book, former intelligence officer Peter Warmka unveils detailed methodologies that he and other threat actors use to breach the security of their targets, whether they’re high-profile individuals or entire organizations.