A LITTLE SPACE BEFORE YOU ACT
A moment of pause.
A clearer next step.
Look for clues in a suspicious message.
Understand the pattern. Verify independently.
Clues, not certainty.
This page explains possible patterns.It cannot prove a message is safe.
What did you receive?
Processed in this page. No message storage or upload.
Or explore a made-up example SYNTHETIC
A small starting point. Five patterns, English keyword rules, no live checks. All examples are invented; detection accuracy is unmeasured.
Make sense of it
LOCAL RULESRECOGNITION IS A SKILL
Learn the story behind the request.
Explore five common setups and ways to verify them.
THE PATTERN LIBRARY / 5 EXPLAINERS
Know the setup.
Recognize the pressure.
Defensive education based on official consumer guidance.
A small selected catalog, not a complete or live scam database.
Source review: 10–11 October 2026. FTC sources use a US consumer context; their reporting routes are not worldwide services. These explainers are paraphrases, and the local matching rules are a design proposal.
ABOUT THIS CHECKER
A pause before you click.
Paste a suspicious message and see which known scam signs it contains.
What it does
Finds exact scam keywords in English text, shows the real web address behind each link, explains five common scam patterns, and builds a checklist of what to verify. You can download a text review that leaves out your message.
Everything runs in your browser. No scripts from other sites, no analytics, no account and nothing saved or sent.
What it cannot do
It cannot prove who sent a message, catch every scam, open attachments, read your inbox or check whether a link is on a blocklist. A message with no signs found can still be a scam, so it never tells you a message is safe.
Where the advice comes from
The pattern explanations follow US Federal Trade Commission guidance. In India you can also report fraud at cybercrime.gov.in ↗ or call 1930.