Never send money, cryptocurrency, gift cards, passwords, or account information until the request is independently verified.

A family pause before you send a dime.

How to protect elderly parents from scams

FamilyShieldPro by Family Shield Pro is a trusted circle for a grandparent scam, a gift card scam, a family emergency scam, or any “urgent” payment that feels off. We do not stamp a request as safe. We help you stop, read the warning signs, and get someone you trust on the phone — then you decide.

Start a 14-day trial

Start with a 14-day trial. Then Family yearly is $50 or $5/month, plus applicable tax. You keep what you entered. We do not sell it.

This short story is about a grandma who pauses and calls family before she pays. Click the picture to watch. She tells it in her own words. FamilyShieldPro never stamps a request as safe or fake.

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Pause and call someone you trust before you pay.

Three steps before anyone pays

1. Bring the request in Paste the email or text, upload a screenshot, or enter a phone number, website, offer, or payment ask.
2. Read the warning signs See why it might be a scam, whether a number or site resembles a known trick, and what to do next — never a “this is safe” stamp.
3. Involve your circle Ask a family member to look. Tap “Please call me before I pay” when it is urgent. Independently verify before money, crypto, gift cards, passwords, or account information moves.

We built this because we have been scammed ourselves. Fake banks. “Grandkid in trouble.” Prize emails. FamilyShieldPro is a place for a household to park the screenshot, look at the warning signs together, and call before anyone pays — up to five people, a protected list of real numbers, and a call-me-before-I-pay button when it is urgent.

Read how to protect elderly parents from scams, what to do about a grandparent scam, and a gift card scam.

At home with the people you trust

A woman and a young girl sit on a beige sofa. The girl holds a tablet, and both smile at the screen.
Parent and child on a tablet
A family of four sits on a gray sofa in a living room. One child holds a tablet, and a television is on across the room.
A family at home
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Looking at a phone together

Protected trusted list

Save the real numbers for banks, doctors, insurers, utilities, and family. Checks compare incoming numbers and websites to that list — not to a stranger in the message.

Text with your circle

Invites and “Please call me before I pay” can go by text when texting is connected. Paste a sketchy message into the circle and call someone on your trusted list. We never say a request is safe. Reply STOP to opt out of texts.

If something already went wrong

Calm steps to report fraud, freeze cards, and tell the people who can actually stop a payment. Speed matters more than shame.

Look it up yourself

Search the claim on these sites. Do not tap links inside the suspicious message. A match or a missing article is not a stamp that something is safe.

If money or passwords already went out → Report & recover

Family plans

Family monthly

$5/month

plus applicable tax

Up to five people. Pause, trusted list, and call-me-before-I-pay. 14-day trial, then this plan. You keep what you entered. We do not sell people’s information.

Start monthly

Questions families ask

How do you protect elderly parents from scams?

Agree on a pause before money, gift cards, or crypto moves. Save real phone numbers on a calm day. When a grandparent scam, a gift card scam, or a family emergency scam shows up, look at the same message together and call a number you already had. FamilyShieldPro by Family Shield Pro is guidance, not a guarantee.

What is FamilyShieldPro?

A family pause before you send money, a gift card, or crypto. You bring in the text, call, or screenshot. You read the warning signs with up to five people. You call someone you trust. We do not stamp a request as safe.

How much does it cost?

Start with a 14-day trial. Then Family yearly is $50. Save $10 a year. Or $5 a month. Prices are plus applicable tax. The circle owner pays. You keep what you entered. We do not sell people’s information.

What is included?

A household of up to five people, a trusted list of real phone numbers and sites, warning signs on a pasted message, and “Please call me before I pay.” It does not watch a phone by itself, freeze a card, or reverse a payment.

What if the trial ends?

The trusted list and past checks stay readable. New checks, invites, and call-me wait until the owner pays. Paying is a family tool, not a stamp that a request is safe.

This application offers guidance, not a guarantee. A paid plan is a family tool, not a stamp that a request is safe.

Churches, senior centers, and veterans groups: ask about a shared license. Credit unions and insurers: per-member partnership pricing. Questions? Use Ask a question at the bottom of any page.

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FamilyShieldPro is built for families — including parents, adult children, and grandparents — who want a second set of eyes.

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