Scams we catch
Built for the scams people actually get.
Our AI recognizes thousands of scam scripts across texts, emails, marketplace chats, job boards, and dating apps — and it keeps learning with every user check. These are the big categories.
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Phishing texts
“Your account is locked” bait links and fake alerts.
!Unexpected urgency
!A link you're told to tap
!A lookalike or shortened domain
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🎁
Gift card scams
Anyone asking you to pay with gift card codes.
!Gift cards as payment — full stop
!Stay-on-the-phone pressure
!Told to lie to the cashier
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❤️
Romance scams
New “partners” who quickly ask for money.
!Can't video call or meet — ever
!Moves fast emotionally
!Off-platform immediately
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📈
Crypto “opportunities”
Guaranteed returns and can't-lose wallets.
!Guaranteed or fixed returns
!A platform you've never heard of
!A stranger managing your money
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💼
Fake job offers
Too-good-to-be-true roles with check or wire tricks.
!Hired without a real interview
!A check before you've worked
!Recruiter on a free email domain
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🛒
Marketplace fraud
Overpayment and “ship before it clears” requests.
!Overpayment plus refund request
!Payment screenshot instead of payment
!'Read me the code I just texted you'
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🧾
Fake invoices
Bills and renewals for things you never bought.
!A renewal for something you don't remember buying
!Call-to-cancel with urgency
!Remote access for a refund
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🛠️
Tech support scams
Pop-ups and calls claiming your device is infected.
!A phone number in a virus warning
!Unsolicited 'we detected a problem' calls
!Remote access requests
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Delivery & package scams
Fake USPS, FedEx, and toll texts about a “delivery problem.”
!USPS never texts links
!A fee to release a package
!The tracking number doesn't work on the real site
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🏛️
Government impostor scams
Fake IRS, SSA, and police calls with threats attached.
!Threats of immediate arrest
!Demands for secrecy
!Government agencies taking gift cards
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Bank impersonation scams
Fake fraud alerts that talk you into moving your own money.
!A call after a fraud text
!Requests for one-time passcodes
!Moving money to a 'safe account'
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Family emergency scams
“Grandma, it's me” calls — now with AI-cloned voices.
!Panic plus secrecy plus money
!Bail or fees by gift card and wire
!A courier coming for cash
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🤖 Scammers have AI now.
Voice cloning, deepfake calls, machine-written phishing — we broke down the whole playbook.
Seeing a scam that doesn't fit these categories? Check it anyway — new scam patterns enter our database within hours of the first user encountering them.
The golden rules
Four rules that stop most scams cold.
Whatever the scam, the defense is usually the same.
1
Gift cards are never payment
No business or government agency accepts gift cards. Anyone who asks is a scammer — no exceptions.
2
Urgency is a weapon
Deadlines, countdowns, and threats exist to make you act before you think. Real organizations let you take your time.
3
Verify through official channels
If “your bank” texts you, don't tap the link. Open your banking app or call the number on your card instead.
4
Money you must send back is a trap
Overpayments, equipment checks, refund mistakes — any “deposit this and send some back” request is a fake check scam.
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