While drawing on their own knowledge of spotting scams was by far the most popular scam-busting tool, here we look at some other free tools used by our community.
1. Ask Silver
It carries out other legwork, such as visiting webpages to check for warning signs, looking up the company behind the website, and checking for reports or reviews on the scam or the company behind it.
2. ScamAdviser
Type in a website address, phone number or crypto address on its site, and you'll see a trust score indicating how likely it is to be a scam. ScamAdviser determines the score by drawing on various online data sources.
3. Who Called Me
It's a website where people share reports on suspicious calls they’ve received; you type in a phone number to see what other people have said about it.
If it’s a scam call currently doing the rounds, you’ll get to see other people’s experiences with the scam and know not to answer or call back.
4. Bitdefender
You can ask the chatbot to analyse an image, verify a link or decode text and email content. It will look at signs such as the sender information, patterns in the language and the structure of the message to give you a verdict.
It also looks at common scam signs taken from Bitdefender’s database of known scams and phishing attempts.
5. Image Whisperer
Unlike some other AI detectors, Image Whisperer will tell you if it doesn’t know and give you further information to help you make up your own mind.
6. Take Five
If you've lost money or spotted an unauthorised transaction on your account, contact your bank immediately using the phone number on the back of your card.
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