Fraud prevention · Consumer sensor network
SkimGuard turns the phone in your pocket into a skimmer detector that warns you before you swipe — at the gas pump, the ATM, the checkout terminal. Free for everyone, the only one that works in your car, and now with home-screen widgets that keep you protected without opening the app.
Every smartphone in America is one passive scan away from becoming a detector.
The problem
Skimmers are illegal devices criminals attach to gas pumps, ATMs, and checkout terminals to steal card data — visually identical to real hardware, installed in under 30 seconds. The reason the problem keeps growing is structural.
Retailers have the visibility — the devices appear on their property — but little incentive to detect or disclose. The reputation risk outweighs a financial loss they don't directly bear.
Banks absorb the losses. Insurers ultimately cover them. Consumers eat the fraud and the hassle. The parties with the exposure have no operational visibility into where skimmers actually are.
The industry has spent decades trying to protect card data after it's stolen. Nobody is detecting the theft itself. We close that gap.
How it works
Patent-pending wireless signal classification runs passively in the background and alerts you the moment a skimmer is detected nearby. Every detection feeds a network that makes the next one smarter.
Detect
Free on iOS and Android — and the only skimmer detector on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Scan at the pump or ATM and get warned before you swipe.
Free forever
Report
Every detection publishes to a live community map, so drivers and shoppers can steer clear of compromised locations — and businesses can act before harm spreads.
Public & free
Protect
Businesses get early warning to protect their customers and reputation. Card networks, banks, and insurers license the data to stop fraud upstream.
For partners
Live now
The SkimGuard community safety map shows recent skimmer detections reported by users across the country. Check before you fill up.
For investors
SkimGuard is a fraud-prevention platform powered by a consumer sensor network. The product is shipping, the hardware platform is FCC-approved, and we're raising a seed round to scale the network and convert early data conversations into pilots.
We share detailed materials with qualified investors on request.
Get in touch
Investor, business, press, or partnership — tell us a bit about you and we'll follow up. We send detailed materials to qualified investors on request.