Inbox & communication

16,100 Emails Since 2009: Grok Bot Found 33 Bills and Renewals, a Rego Price Hike and Fake Renewal Scams

  • Level Beginner
  • Setup~30 min (estimated)
  • Evidence Some evidence
  • CostNot stated in source
  • No-codeYes
Grok BotSource-linkedBeginner-friendly

What they did

An Australian Tesla owner had avoided his inbox for 17 years. Grok Bot read 16,100 emails going back to 2009 and pulled out 33 bills and renewals, a car registration (rego) price rise and a pile of scam emails pretending to be renewals.

How it went

A table of every bill and renewal with due dates and price rises, and a separate list of scam lookalikes.

Worth knowing

  • Single user post with a screenshot. Read-only Gmail access is enough. A bot can mislabel real bills as scams (or the other way round), so check the flagged ones yourself.

Prompt

Cleaned version rewritten from the source — not a direct quote.

Read my email going back as far as you can. List every bill, subscription and renewal you find: who it's from, how much, how often, and the next due date. Flag any price increases, and separately list emails that look like fake renewal or invoice scams and why. Don't unsubscribe, pay or delete anything.

Recommended

Try it in Grok Bot

  1. Copy the prompt (button below).
  2. Open Grok Bot chat and paste it. Replace any [bracketed] placeholders.
  3. Connect the listed tools (Gmail, Email) as connectors when Grok Bot asks.
  4. If the task repeats, ask: "Make this a daily routine."

Alternatives: the same prompt works in Claude, ChatGPT Agent, OpenClaw.

Set it up

Tools: Gmail, Email · Stack: Grok Bot + Gmail

  1. Read the original source for full context.
  2. Connect the tools your agent needs.
  3. Paste the prompt and replace [bracketed] placeholders.
  4. Run once manually and check the output before scheduling it.

Generic suggested steps, not from the source.

Evidence

X post with screenshot: 16,100 emails back to 2009, 33 bills/renewals, a rego price hike and scam renewals found

Source: X · 2026-10-16 · Verified by us: not yet · Report broken or outdated

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