Charlie Miller and Reese Robison, two Greenwich teens, have run 16 scam-awareness and AI literacy workshops for 232 seniors in Greenwich, Stamford, Darien and Norwalk, as first reported by Greenwich Free Press.

Their nonprofit, SafeGuard Seniors, launched after Miller's grandmother received a threatening phone call that tried to trick her into giving up personal information. "When she told me about it, I realized just how much scams affect and target the elderly, and decided to do something about it," Miller said. Robison had a similar experience with a family member, and the two teamed up.

Older Americans are losing more to fraud than any other age group. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) logged more than 201,000 complaints from victims over 60 in 2025, a 37% increase from 2024, according to an FBI report on elder fraud. Reported losses for that group topped $7.7 billion, roughly 60% higher than the year before, according to AARP's analysis of the FBI data. The average loss per older victim exceeded $38,000.

The FBI says scammers are increasingly deploying AI-generated voice cloning and deepfakes to make their pitches harder to detect. That trend is part of what pushed Miller and Robison to add AI literacy to their lineup.

The AI sessions grew out of a suggestion from Mary Tate, volunteer coordinator at the Nathaniel Witherell, the town-owned rehab and nursing center at 70 Parsonage Road. Tate told the founders that Witherell residents would welcome a workshop on new technology. The resulting 30-minute session explains AI in plain language and shows real inventions powered by it, using references to The Jetsons cartoons to connect futuristic ideas to present-day products.

Miller and Robison are now recruiting other teens through an ambassador program to lead SafeGuard Seniors workshops in their own communities. They are also building a session aimed at younger students in underserved communities.

More information is available at safeguard-seniors.com.