Stop. Check. Verify.
Scam Shield is your trusted second opinion before you act on anything suspicious. Here's exactly how it works.
Submit What Looks Suspicious
Paste a message, link, phone number, or email address. Upload a screenshot. Describe a phone call in your own words. You don't need to know what kind of scam it is — just tell us what happened.
Supported: text messages, emails, URLs, QR codes, screenshots, phone numbers, payment requests, and voice descriptions.
We Extract the Evidence
Scam Shield identifies the key details — who's claiming to contact you, what they're asking for, whether money is involved, and what urgency or pressure tactics are present.
We look for urgency, threats, secrecy, impersonation, payment requests, suspicious domains, and more.
Multiple Signals Are Checked
Your submission is checked against known scam patterns, our verified organization directory, payment-risk rules, and threat intelligence — not just a single AI guess.
Payment Guard activates automatically when financial movement is detected.
You Get a Clear Risk Level
We give you one of four plain-language risk levels: Low Concern, Caution, High Risk, or Critical Risk — with a full explanation of what we found.
No confusing percentages. No jargon. Just a clear answer you can act on.
We Tell You What to Do Next
Every result includes a recommended next action and safe verification steps — so you know exactly how to confirm something is legitimate without using the suspicious contact's own information.
You can also ask a trusted family member for help directly from the results screen.
The Four Risk Levels
No strong indicators of fraud were detected. We still recommend independent verification before taking action.
Some suspicious characteristics were identified. Proceed carefully and verify independently.
Multiple warning signs strongly match known scam behavior. Do not act until you have independently verified.
Indicators associated with serious or imminent financial or identity harm. Stop and do not proceed.