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Scam shield for a parent's inbox, plus a “is this a scam?” habit
Older parents get flooded with scammy email and texts, and the worried phone call comes after they've opened it.
What hurt
Roj Niyogi (@niyogi) calls his favorite use “mom-tainenance”: he connected a Grok Bot to his 78-year-old mom's Gmail to catch scammy and spammy emails before she opens them, then taught her to screenshot texts, upload them to the bot, and ask “is this a scam”. Not affiliated with xAI.
What to install or create
Two layers. The bot sweeps your parent's inbox for scams and spam before they see it. For texts, which the bot can't read, your parent screenshots the message and asks the bot directly.
Bots
Inbox guard
Sweeps the parent's inbox for scam and spam mail before they open it.
Plugins
Gmail
Required
Routines
None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.
The prompt
This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.
First run
- 1Read https://x.com/niyogi/status/2107515994294088000 (credit @niyogi).
- 2With your parent's OK, connect their Gmail to one dedicated bot.
- 3Tell it to move scam and spam mail out of the inbox into a review folder, and never reply, click, or delete for good.
- 4Show your parent how to screenshot a suspicious text, upload it to the bot, and ask “is this a scam?”
- 5Look through the review folder together for the first couple of weeks.
Approval fence
Set it up with your parent's consent. The bot should flag or move suspicious mail, never reply, click links, delete for good, or send money.
What to tweak
Protect where the bot can see (email) and teach one simple question where it can't (texts).
Source
Roj Niyogi @niyogi · Original post
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