Webinar On Demand: Protecting Yourself from Fraud & Cybercrime
Protecting Yourself from Fraud and Cybercrime is a free on-demand webinar from Meridian Financial Partners, presented by retired FBI Special Agent Jeff Lanza. Jeff explains how criminals target people through mail, text, email, phone calls, and compromised accounts, and shares practical steps for staying safe. Watch the recording and download the PDF below.
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This webinar is presented for educational purposes only and is not personalized financial, legal, or security advice. For questions about your own situation, consider speaking with a qualified professional.
Recorded live on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, from 12:00 to 1:00 PM ET. Presented by Jeff Lanza, retired FBI Special Agent, and hosted by Meridian Financial Partners.
Download the PDF
Jeff Lanza’s handout from the webinar, with his cybercrime and fraud prevention tips in one place.
About this webinar
Protecting your financial life includes protecting yourself from fraud. Meridian Financial Partners hosted this one-hour webinar for the community, with retired FBI Special Agent Jeff Lanza as the speaker.
Jeff spent more than twenty years as an FBI Special Agent investigating cybercrime and fraud. In the webinar, he explains how criminals target people through mail, text, email, phone calls, and compromised accounts, and shares practical steps for staying safe.
Topics in the webinar
- Mail: how criminals reach people through physical mail
- Text messages: how criminals reach people by text
- Email: how criminals reach people through email
- Phone calls: how criminals reach people by phone
- Compromised accounts: online accounts, such as email or financial accounts, that someone other than the owner has gained access to
- Practical steps: actions people can take to stay safe
About the speaker, Jeff Lanza
Jeff Lanza spent more than twenty years as an FBI Special Agent, investigating cybercrime, organized crime, human trafficking, and terrorism. He has lectured at Harvard and Princeton, authored two books on fraud prevention, and appeared in a Netflix documentary about the FBI. Jeff regularly appears on national television to discuss cybercrime and fraud.
Jeff Lanza is an independent speaker and is not affiliated with Meridian Financial Partners as a financial advisor.
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