ScamWham helps protect you from scams. Find out the scam risk level of a text, email, social media message, phone call, or computer popup message by answering some simple questions. Learn more.
ScamWham is the easy way to increase scam awareness
ScamWham analyzes the risk level of a text, email, social media message, computer popup message, or phone call that you receive by asking you a series of easy questions. Based on how you answer the questions, it assigns a risk level to the communication you received, and gives you specific advice on how to stay safe, depending on the communication type and how you answered the questions.
ScamWham is free and anonymous. You don't need to log in or register. You don't need to tell it any sensitive personal information.
How does ScamWham work?
ScamWham isn't an AI tool. It's proprietary software that knows about most of the common online or phone-based scams.
It starts by asking you questions designed to detect the most dangerous scams, like stealing your login information or your money.
As you answer questions, they may get more specific, to try to distinguish between safe, legitimate communications and fake ones designed to steal from you.
Once you answer enough questions, a "light" will light up at the top, indicating the scam risk level of the communication or phone call. Also, you'll see guidance on what to do to stay safe.
What do the "Scam Risk" lights mean?
Note: There is no such thing as zero risk. Always use caution before revealing any personal information or making a payment of any kind.
Analyzing (blue): You're currently answering questions, and the site is analyzing your answers. Keep answering questions.
Low (green): There is a low (but not zero) scam risk.
Medium (yellow): There is a medium scam risk. Use extreme caution with this communication, and do not provide any personal information or make any payments.
High (red): The communication has a high risk of being a dangerous scam. Carefully follow the instructions you receive.
What do I do if the message or phone call is a scam?
ScamWham doesn't only tell you the risk level of a communication (text, email, phone call, or social media message), it gives you advice on how to reduce the likelihood that you'll be scammed. The advice differs depending on the communication type and the risk level the site assigns.
Who is ScamWham for?
The more vulnerable a person is to a scam, the more helpful ScamWham may be.
Instead of having to remember large numbers of online safety rules and signs of a scam, a person can turn to ScamWham when they receive a text, email, message, or phone call.
In a few minutes, the site can help a person spot a scam, or can help a person know that they should be cautious about a communication.
The site gives specific, easy-to-understand safety advice, which can be helpful for those who aren't sure what to do in the event of receiving a suspicious communication.
What are ScamWham's limitations?
Scammers, theives, fraudsters, and other vile online criminals are constantly working to come up with new ways to steal from you. No tool, no website, no person, no software—including ScamWham—can 100% guarantee that a communication is safe or not. ScamWham can give you information about a communication based on how you answer questions, but that information might be outdated, incomplete, or incorrect. Use ScamWham for informational purposes only as you personally make decisions about what to do and not do when you receive a communication.
ScamWham is not designed for, and cannot, protect you from fraudulent practices by sellers of goods or services. Any time you buy something, there's the risk of fraud. ScamWham does not, and cannot, investigate, authenticate, or verify sellers and/or merchandise or services offered for sale. "Buyer Beware" is old and good advice. Before you give a person or company your money, thoroughly research what you're buying and who or what you're buying it from.
How do I get the app?
Want the app? You're using it now. Wasn't that easy? Just point any browser to scamwham.org and you're on your way to better scam protection.
