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AskFirst
Scam checker for your parents — with alerts for you
Scammers target older adults every day with fake toll texts, "grandma, it's me" calls, bank-fraud alerts and gift-card demands. Most of us find out only after the money is gone.AskFirst gives your parent one simple place to check before they click,call back or pay.They paste a text, snap a screenshot or describe a call, and in seconds AskFirst says, in plain words, whether it looks like a scam and exactly what to do next. If it's risky, you get alerted, so you can step in before any money moves.
My own parents have been scammed more than once. Each time, the message looked completely real: a "bank" text, an urgent call, a request to pay right away. By the time they told me, the money was already gone. They weren't careless. Scammers are just very good at creating panic and pressure.
I kept thinking that if they had asked me first, I could have stopped it in seconds. But they didn't want to bother me, or they felt embarrassed, or they were told to keep it secret.
So I built AskFirst. It gives them one simple place to check anything suspicious before they click, call back or pay, with a clear answer in plain words. If something looks risky, I get alerted too, so I can step in before any money moves. My parents should be able to use their phones with confidence, and I shouldn't have to worry every time they get a strange text. What feedback would help most? Is it simple enough for an older parent? If you help a parent with tech, please try it the way they would and tell me where they'd get stuck. What scams is your family seeing right now? Send me real examples, with personal details removed, so the checker keeps improving. Is the family alert useful? What would make you trust it, and is it too many alerts or too few? Would you pay for the Family plan? And what would make it feel worth it?
About AskFirst on Product Hunt
“Scam checker for your parents — with alerts for you”
AskFirst was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 0 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #288 on the daily leaderboard. Scammers target older adults every day with fake toll texts, "grandma, it's me" calls, bank-fraud alerts and gift-card demands. Most of us find out only after the money is gone.AskFirst gives your parent one simple place to check before they click,call back or pay.They paste a text, snap a screenshot or describe a call, and in seconds AskFirst says, in plain words, whether it looks like a scam and exactly what to do next. If it's risky, you get alerted, so you can step in before any money moves.
On the analytics side, AskFirst competes within Parenting, Kids & Parenting and Security — topics that collectively have 8.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how AskFirst performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted AskFirst?
AskFirst was hunted by Shazx A. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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My own parents have been scammed more than once. Each time, the message looked completely real: a "bank" text, an urgent call, a request to pay right away. By the time they told me, the money was already gone. They weren't careless. Scammers are just very good at creating panic and pressure.
I kept thinking that if they had asked me first, I could have stopped it in seconds. But they didn't want to bother me, or they felt embarrassed, or they were told to keep it secret.
So I built AskFirst. It gives them one simple place to check anything suspicious before they click, call back or pay, with a clear answer in plain words. If something looks risky, I get alerted too, so I can step in before any money moves. My parents should be able to use their phones with confidence, and I shouldn't have to worry every time they get a strange text.
What feedback would help most?
Is it simple enough for an older parent? If you help a parent with tech, please try it the way they would and tell me where they'd get stuck.
What scams is your family seeing right now? Send me real examples, with personal details removed, so the checker keeps improving.
Is the family alert useful? What would make you trust it, and is it too many alerts or too few?
Would you pay for the Family plan? And what would make it feel worth it?