A field guide to suspicious messages

Read between the lines, before they read you.

Scam Scan reads any text or email like a forensics expert — circling the tells, naming what they mean, and giving you a calm, plain-English verdict. Free. On your phone. Made for everyone.

Scam Scan
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Reading the message…
How it works

Three steps. About six seconds.

No jargon. No settings. Open the app and paste.

i.

Paste

Copy any message — text, email, DM — and drop it into Scam Scan. Long-press, paste, done.

ii.

Analyze

Scam Scan reads it the way a careful expert would — looking for urgency cues, spoofed senders, off-domain links, payment hooks.

iii.

Decide

You get a verdict, a confidence score, and the exact tells underlined — so you can decide what to do next.

Why it matters

Scammers got better.
So did the targets.

Phishing is no longer "Nigerian prince" emails. It's a near-perfect copy of the package notification you actually were expecting — and it's working at a scale most people don't believe until they read the numbers.

$12.5B

Lost to scams reported to the FTC in 2024 — a record high, up from $10B the year before.

FTC — March 2025 release

2.6M

Fraud reports filed with the FTC in 2024 — and most experts believe the real number is far higher because most go unreported.

FTC — Consumer Sentinel

1 in 3

Americans say they or someone in their household lost money to a scam in the past year.

AARP — Fraud research

What it catches

The whole scam playbook, in one quiet place.

Scam Scan is trained on the patterns that matter most — including the new ones that mimic your bank, your delivery service, and your kids.

Delivery

Fake package notices

"Your package is held" texts impersonating UPS, FedEx, USPS, Amazon — with off-domain "tracking" links.

Banking

Bank impersonation

"Suspicious activity" alerts pretending to come from Chase, Wells, Bank of America, and credit unions.

Government

IRS & Social Security

"Unpaid taxes," "Social Security suspended," "warrant issued" — the classics that still work.

Payments

Zelle, Venmo, Cash App

Instant-payment scripts — including the "I sent you money by mistake" lure that never quite adds up.

Romance

Long-game investment

"Wrong number" texts and dating-app pivots that turn into pig-butchering crypto pitches.

Gift Cards

Gift card & crypto demands

"Pay with Apple gift cards," "buy bitcoin to settle this" — never legitimate, always urgent.

Family

"Grandma, it's me"

Family-emergency calls and the new AI-voice variants targeting older relatives at 2am.

Work

Job & recruiter scams

Remote-task offers and fake recruiter messages on LinkedIn and WhatsApp that lead to crypto wallets.

Emerging

...and the new ones

Pattern library is updated regularly, so brand-new scam scripts get caught within days, not months.

Built for everyday people

Quietly on your side.

No technical setup. No security jargon. No upselling. Just an answer when you need one — and the receipts to back it up.

i. Privacy-respecting by designMessages are analyzed for the verdict and not stored or shared. [verify with team]
ii. No account to try itOpen the app, paste, get an answer. Sign in only if you want history.
iii. Built for non-technical usersDesigned with parents and grandparents in mind. Big text, calm colors, plain English.
iv. Forever-free for the basicsPasting a message and getting a verdict will always be free. Always.

Scam Scan is guidance, not legal or financial advice. When in doubt, contact your bank or local fraud-reporting agency.

When something feels off

Next time something feels off, you'll know.

Free, fast, made for the people in your life who deserve a calmer answer.