SureSend.

PayPal AI Hackathon · 2026 · Scam protection

A pause between send and gone.

When a scammer talks you into sending money yourself, fraud systems stay silent. SureSend holds the payment in PayPal until an AI check-in and the people you trust say it is safe.

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See the family dashboard
Example: a voice-clone scam

$2,500.00 to Ethan Collins (grandson)

Checking with your family

  • Asked to keep it secret
  • New number
  • Urgent bail

Is this really you, Ethan?

Logged in with my PayPal. That wasn't me.

Kept safe. The $2,500 never left her account.

$704M

lost to fraud by Canadians in 2025

5 to 10%

of fraud is ever reported

$137.9M

lost by Canadian seniors in 2024

Source: Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. In these scams the victim sends the money, so the bank sees a normal payment.

01How it works

Four steps between the scammer and the money.

  1. 01

    Hold, don't send

    The payment is authorized in PayPal, so the money is reserved but not moved.

  2. 02

    A friendly check-in

    SureSend asks a few gentle questions and reads the message or voicemail for scam signs.

  3. 03

    Is this really you?

    If the story names a family member, they confirm by logging in with their own PayPal. A voice clone can't.

  4. 04

    Release or void

    Approved payments go only to the verified person. Anything else is cancelled and the money never leaves.

02PayPal is the safety mechanism

Authorize, not pay
Orders with intent AUTHORIZE reserve the money. Nothing moves until the check passes.
Identity a voice clone can't fake
Log In with PayPal proves the family member is who they say, matched on their PayPal ID.
Paid only to the verified person
Capture and Payouts go to the PayPal account saved for that family member. Anyone else is refused.
Void when in doubt
Denied, unanswered or near its deadline: the authorization is voided and the money never left.

03AI that asks, rules that decide

Asks, never decides alone
A warm check-in in plain language finds urgency, secrecy, new numbers and gift-card requests.
Reads the evidence
Screenshots of the message and voicemail recordings are read and transcribed as untrusted evidence.
Hard rules come first
Red flags written in code set a minimum risk the AI can raise but never lower.
Never touches the money
The AI has no PayPal access. Only the Payment Gate can capture, pay out or void.

See it stop a scam in three minutes.

Judge Mode plays the grandparent scam, a fake CRA threat and a normal rent payment on the PayPal sandbox.

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