How does Scam Check detect online scams and phishing links?

Scam Check combines technical analysis (domain reputation, HTTPS, hosting, TLD checks) with content analysis (behavioral patterns, urgency, credential requests). Each finding becomes a piece of evidence that is scored and weighted into a risk level. AI provides observations; the final score is calculated deterministically from evidence.

Is my data private and secure when I scan a message on Scam Check?

Content submitted for analysis is processed in memory and is not permanently stored, sold to third parties, or used for advertising. No account is required.

What should I do if I already clicked a scam link or entered my bank credentials?

Immediately take three steps: 1) Call your bank using the official number on the back of your card to freeze your account and debit/credit cards. 2) Change all account passwords and enable 2-Factor Authentication (2FA). 3) Report the incident to your national cybercrime helpline (Dial 1930 in India, report to IC3.gov in the US, or Action Fraud in the UK).

What are the most common signs of a phishing scam?

Common indicators include: artificial urgency (e.g. 'account blocked in 10 minutes'), instructions telling you 'Do not contact your bank directly', requests for passwords, OTPs, or full card numbers, suspicious domain names with slight misspellings or hyphenated words, and threats of legal action or disconnection.

Is Scam Check free to use?

Yes, Scam Check is a completely free, open public safety initiative designed to protect individuals and families worldwide from digital fraud, smishing, and financial theft.

Can Scam Check verify WhatsApp chats, SMS texts, and image screenshots?

You can paste raw text from WhatsApp, SMS, or Telegram, enter suspicious URLs, or upload screenshots. The tool analyzes the text content and, for screenshots, attempts to extract and evaluate the visible text.

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Is this a scam?

Paste a suspicious message, link, email, or screenshot. Scam Check analyzes potential warning signs and helps you understand what to do next.

Free — No account neededContent processed in memory, not stored

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ENGINE ARCHITECTURE

How our analysis works

We combine technical checks (domain, hosting, HTTPS) with content analysis to surface phishing and fraud indicators. Every finding becomes evidence.

STAGE 01

Multi-Modal Ingestion & Normalization

Extracts URLs, Unicode homoglyphs, phone numbers, contact handles, and OCR text from images while neutralizing hidden tracking pixels.

STAGE 02

Domain Infrastructure & Intelligence

Runs live DNS entropy analysis, SSL certificate validation, WHOIS age verification, and cross-references global threat feeds in milliseconds.

STAGE 03

Cognitive Deception & Risk Synthesis

Groq Llama 3.3 70B and our deterministic rules engine calculate mathematical threat weights, identifying urgency manipulation and psychological extortion.

scam_core_pipeline.ts
NORMALIZE_PAYLOAD
tokensExtracted:48
punycodeDetected:false
entropyScore:4.82 (High Anomaly)
matchedKeywords:customs fee, unpaid $2.40, click link, 24 hours
Example output — analysis pipeline

COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about how Scam Check keeps you and your family safe.

Scam Check is a free, privacy-first cybersecurity platform designed to give you an instant, trustworthy second opinion on any suspicious communication.

When you submit a text, website link, email, or screenshot, our engine analyzes behavioral patterns, urgency markers, brand impersonation cues, and technical domain infrastructure (DNS, SSL encryption, homoglyphs, and TLD reputation) layered with Groq AI (Llama 3.3 70B) and global threat feeds.