Scam Check
Is that message, email or website genuine? Paste it in and we’ll point out the warning signs.
Common questions
Is it safe to paste a suspicious message into the Scam Check?
Yes. Digital Life Check’s Scam Check analyses what you paste inside your own browser. The message, email, link or phone number is not sent to Digital Life Check, saved, or included in analytics. The only things recorded are the kind of input you chose, how many warning signs were found and the overall result.
Can the Scam Check tell me for certain whether something is a scam?
No. Digital Life Check’s Scam Check points out warning signs that are common in scams, such as time pressure, requests for payment in gift cards or cryptocurrency, requests for codes or log-in details, and links that mention one organisation but lead to a different website. It cannot confirm who sent a message, and finding no obvious warning signs does not mean a message is genuine.
Does the Scam Check look links and phone numbers up in a scam database?
Not at present. Digital Life Check’s Scam Check reads the link or number itself, but no external reputation or scam-database service is connected, so nothing is looked up elsewhere, and it does not visit the website you paste. For a phone number it can tell the type of UK number, such as a mobile, an 070 personal number or an 09 premium-rate number, but not who the number belongs to.
What can I check with the Scam Check?
Digital Life Check’s Scam Check accepts four kinds of input: a text or messaging-app message, an email, a website address, or a phone number. Messages and emails are checked for warning-sign wording and for any links they contain, a website address is checked on its own, and a phone number is checked for its type. It is free and needs no account.