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ScamCheck — Is this message a scam?
Paste a suspicious text. Get an instant scam risk score
ScamCheck is a free browser tool that scores suspicious SMS, email, and DMs from 0–99 using pattern matching (urgency, lookalike domains, gift-card demands, bank/USPS impersonation, and more). No account. No install.
Inspiration: A family member almost paid a fake "redelivery fee" from a text pretending to be USPS. It
looked completely legit at a glance — logo, urgent tone, a link that seemed reasonable. That's when it
hit me how fast these texts move and how little time people have to sanity-check them before tapping.
Problem: Most scam-checking advice is "just be careful," which doesn't help in the 10 seconds someone's
staring at a text deciding whether to click. Non-technical folks — parents, grandparents — are the main
targets and have the least tooling built for them.
Approach: Built ScamCheck to do the sanity-check for you — paste the text, get a 0–99 risk score plus
the specific red flags it found (urgency language, lookalike domains, gift-card/wire demands, brand
impersonation). Everything runs client-side, nothing gets sent anywhere, no signup, works on a phone in
a browser tab.
Evolution during launch prep: Started as just the text checker, then I added a link checker and phone
number checker since those come up in the same scam patterns, plus plain-English guides for the most
common scams (USPS, bank/Zelle, IRS, Medicare). Also added an optional $5 printable "Family Scam Defense
Kit" for people who wanted something physical to put on a parent's fridge — the free tool stays free
either way.
Would love feedback on false positives/negatives or patterns I should add.
The explanation behind the score may be even more valuable than the score itself. Does it show exactly which signals look suspicious?
Honestly super useful, I pasted in one of those weird USPS texts and it flagged the urgency language and sketchy link right away. No account needed is kind of a lifesaver when you're already suspicious about clicking anything.
About ScamCheck — Is this message a scam? on Product Hunt
“Paste a suspicious text. Get an instant scam risk score”
ScamCheck — Is this message a scam? was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 7 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #102 on the daily leaderboard. ScamCheck is a free browser tool that scores suspicious SMS, email, and DMs from 0–99 using pattern matching (urgency, lookalike domains, gift-card demands, bank/USPS impersonation, and more). No account. No install.
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