SkimGuard — Media kit & press

01 / Overview

What SkimGuard is.

The short version, the longer version, and the numbers.

Boilerplate — short (40 words)

SkimGuard is a fraud-prevention platform powered by a consumer sensor network. A free app on iOS and Android — the only skimmer detector on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto — warns users before they swipe at compromised gas pumps, ATMs, and checkout terminals.

Copy & paste for press announcements

Boilerplate — long (~120 words)

SkimGuard, Inc. is a fraud-prevention platform that turns the phones people already carry into a nationwide skimmer-detection network. The free consumer app uses patent-pending wireless signal classification to detect card skimmers at gas pumps, ATMs, and checkout terminals — alerting users before they swipe. The platform also operates the public SkimGuard safety map, sells reputation-protection subscriptions to retailers and ATM operators, and licenses pre-compromise fraud data to insurers, identity-protection companies, and card networks. SkimGuard is the only skimmer detector available on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, is localized across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, and is built on an FCC-approved hardware platform. Founded 2026, headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Copy & paste for longer features

Key statistics & market context

243K+

debit cards compromised by US skimming in a single year (FICO Card Alert Service)

77%

YoY increase in US skimming compromises (most recent reported) (FICO)

$43.5B

projected global card-fraud losses by 2028 (Nilson Report)

~30s

time required to install a skimmer on a typical gas pump or ATM

One-line descriptors

For headline writers and producers — use whichever fits your context:

"A free app that detects credit card skimmers before you swipe."
"Fraud prevention powered by a consumer sensor network."
"The only skimmer detector that works in your car."
"Turn the phone in your pocket into a skimmer detector."

02 / Brand assets

Logos, colors, and guidelines.

Download what you need. Reference the guidelines if you're not sure which file is which.

Logo files

Full logo — Blue on light

SVG · default

Full logo — Blue on dark

SVG · dark background

Full logo — All black

SVG · single-color print

Full logo — All white

PNG · 256 / 512 / 1024 / 2048

All logo files are also available as PNG at 256 / 512 / 1024 / 2048 pixel widths in the logos/png/ directory. SVG is preferred whenever the surface supports it.

Brand colors

PRIMARY

Royal Blue

#4169E1
RGB 65, 105, 225

SECONDARY

Ink

#16181D
RGB 22, 24, 29

NEUTRAL

Paper

#F7F9FC
RGB 247, 249, 252

Full palette with CMYK values and accessibility notes is in the brand guidelines.

Guidelines & typography

Brand
Guidelines

SkimGuard Brand Guidelines

HTML · open or save as PDF

Manrope

Manrope (primary typeface)

Google Fonts · free

FRAUD PREVENTION

JetBrains Mono (accent)

Google Fonts · free

03 / Product

Product screenshots.

High-resolution app screenshots for editorial use. Click any image to view at full size.

Ready to scan

SkimGuard app — Scan in progress with radar animation

Active scan in progress

Area clear result

SkimGuard app — Skimmer detected warning

Skimmer detected — the warning

Community safety map

CarPlay tile
(coming soon)

For additional screenshots, source images, or context for a specific story, email joe@skimguard.io. The public safety map is also browseable live at map.skimguard.io.

04 / Founder

About Joe.

Bio, headshot, and quote-ready statements.

Joe Gilkey

Founder & CEO, SkimGuard

Joe is the founder of SkimGuard. Prior to SkimGuard, he spent five years as Head of IT at King Kullen Grocery — a regional grocery chain with 25+ locations — where he owned payment terminal infrastructure and the cybersecurity perimeter across the chain. His earlier engineering career includes Principal Engineer at NAPCO Security Technologies, Senior Engineer at Clever Devices, and Senior Engineer at Clear.

He built SkimGuard solo, bootstrapped, after recognizing that the side with operational visibility into card skimming had no financial incentive to detect it, while the side bearing the losses had no visibility.

Reach Joe directly: joe@skimguard.io · LinkedIn (coming soon)

Headshot

Higher-resolution version available on request. A professional headshot is in progress.

Quote-ready statements

For use in articles, in attribution to Joe Gilkey:

"Card skimming is a billion-dollar problem hiding in plain sight. The side with operational visibility has no financial incentive to detect it; the side bearing the losses has no visibility. We close that gap by giving every smartphone the ability to detect a skimmer before its owner becomes the next victim."

— Joe Gilkey, Founder & CEO

"A competitor can build the technology. They cannot build the network. Every detection makes the next one smarter, and every user who keeps the app installed makes the data more valuable to the institutions that bear the cost of fraud."

— Joe Gilkey, Founder & CEO

"Skimmers are installed in under thirty seconds and are visually identical to legitimate hardware. No consumer can be expected to detect them by eye. The solution isn't more vigilance from cardholders — it's a sensor in every pocket."

— Joe Gilkey, Founder & CEO

05 / Coverage

What people are saying.

Press mentions, partner quotes, and recognition.

Press coverage will appear here as it lands.

— Awaiting first press cycle

If you've written about SkimGuard and we haven't found you yet, please send us a link at joe@skimguard.io.

06 / Contact

Get in touch.

Press inquiries, partnership questions, or anything we missed.

Press & partnerships

Reach out — we respond fast.

For press inquiries, interview requests, partnership conversations, or anything not covered on this page, email Joe directly. Typical response time is under 24 hours during business days.

Email
joe@skimguard.io

Web
skimguard.io

Map
map.skimguard.io