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๐ŸŽ“ Born from Duke University research

AI protection against scams
targeting your parents

Silver Surfer SafeGuard watches for romance scams, fake IRS calls, phishing, and grandparent scams in real time โ€” and alerts you the moment someone you love is being targeted.

Free for early users. No credit card required.

$28.3B
lost by Americans 60+ to elder fraud each year (AARP)
1 in 3
stranger-scam incidents go unreported
98.5%
detection accuracy in our Duke University research

How it works

Set up in minutes. Protection that never sleeps.

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Install on their devices

A gentle browser extension watches web pages, email, and messages for the warning signs of a scam โ€” with a simple, senior-friendly design.

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AI checks everything

Our detection engine โ€” built on large language models and trained on thousands of real elder-scam patterns โ€” analyzes suspicious content in real time.

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Family gets alerted

The moment a high-risk scam is detected, you get an instant alert with what happened and exactly what to do โ€” so you can call before money moves.

We detect the scams that target seniors most

Built on a research taxonomy of the 10+ scam types responsible for billions in elder fraud losses.

๐Ÿ’” Romance & companionship scams
๐Ÿ›๏ธ Fake IRS, Medicare & Social Security
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ง "Grandchild in trouble" scams
๐Ÿ“ˆ Investment & crypto fraud
๐ŸŽฃ Email phishing
โญ Celebrity impersonation
โค๏ธ Fake charities & donation fraud
๐Ÿ”’ Blackmail & extortion
๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Tech support scams
๐Ÿฆ  Ransomware & fake virus alerts

Backed by research, not guesswork

Silver Surfer SafeGuard began as a Duke University capstone project studying why seniors are targeted and how modern AI can stop it. Our fine-tuned detection model dramatically outperformed off-the-shelf approaches โ€” and every detection makes the system smarter.

98.5%
accuracy of our fine-tuned model vs. 65% baseline
0.99
recall โ€” catching real scams is what matters most
10+
elder-scam categories in our detection taxonomy

Who it's for

Protection for families today. Partnerships for institutions tomorrow.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘ง Families

Peace of mind for adult children who can't watch over a parent's shoulder 24/7. Know the moment something's wrong.

๐Ÿก Senior living communities

Protect residents at scale with staff alert routing and incident reporting built for care environments.

๐Ÿฆ Financial institutions

Stop elder financial exploitation before funds leave. API-based detection for member and customer protection programs.

Protect the people who protected you

Join the early access list โ€” free for early users, launching soon.