Scam or Not

About the team

We are Team Rocket. The universe has brought together four alumni from Rocket Academy’s software engineering boot camp and an astronaut-level software engineer, all fueled by the desire to build and ship great products. We are excited to launch into our problem space and orbit around users!

Team members: Liu Yabing, Ted Johansson, Sean Heng, Mark Chan, Michael Hung

Problem Statement

Scammers are constantly creating new ways to make their scams look legit. Even young and digitally savvy people are susceptible: those aged 20-39 years old are the biggest victims. Scams cost us $661 million in 2022 and are terrible for Singapore economically and catastrophic for the victims.

Proposed Solution

We are developing a “Scam-or-Not” game that tasks users with identifying scams from examples of scams and legit messages. Our goal is to make users better at detecting scams by providing data on harder-to-identify scams based on game results, allowing the authorities to concentrate resources on tackling them.