Scam Alert: Checker & News
Spot scams, get alerts, report
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
All new: paste a text, email or link to see its red flags, follow the scams going around, get step-by-step help if you've been scammed, and spot the scam in a daily quiz.
Is this a scam, and what scams are going around right now? Check a suspicious message or link, follow scam alerts, and know what to do if you've been scammed.
Scam Alert is an independent app, not a government app. Warnings from agencies such as the FTC and the FBI come from their official websites, linked below and in the app.
IS THIS A SCAM?
Paste a text, email or link and see its red flags explained: pressure to act now, gift card or crypto payments, requests for a code, look-alike web addresses, hidden short links, fake delivery and toll texts. Got a call? Answer a few quick questions. It's checked on your phone: nothing you paste is sent anywhere.
SCAM ALERTS
Scam news by type (calls, texts, phishing, shopping, impostors, tech support, crypto, romance, jobs, identity theft, payment apps, AI voice clones and more) and official warnings. Follow scams and who scammers pretend to be, from your bank, Amazon and Zelle to the IRS, Medicare and USPS, with an alert at most once a day each, never at night.
SCAM RADAR
Which scams are rising this week, who scammers are posing as, and the latest official warnings.
BEEN SCAMMED?
Step-by-step help for what happened, from gift cards and wire transfers to a stolen password or remote access. Where to report in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. Plus a security check-up.
LEARN
The Scam Playbook (23 scams explained), "Spot the scam" (five messages a day: scam or real?), a tip a day and 60+ scam terms. A scam calendar of tax season, open enrollment and the holiday rush, with reminders.
NOT A GOVERNMENT APP
Scam Alert is not made by, affiliated with or endorsed by the FTC, the FBI, Social Security, the IRS, Medicare, any government agency or police force, or any company named in it. Official sources: FTC consumer advice (https://consumer.ftc.gov), ReportFraud.ftc.gov (https://reportfraud.ftc.gov), FBI IC3 (https://www.ic3.gov), IdentityTheft.gov (https://www.identitytheft.gov), Social Security (https://www.ssa.gov/scam/), IRS (https://www.irs.gov/help/tax-scams/recognize-tax-scams-and-fraud), Medicare (https://www.medicare.gov/basics/reporting-medicare-fraud-and-abuse), USPIS (https://www.uspis.gov), CFPB (https://www.consumerfinance.gov), UK NCSC (https://www.ncsc.gov.uk), Report Fraud UK (https://www.reportfraud.police.uk), Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (https://antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca), Scamwatch (https://www.scamwatch.gov.au).
WHAT IT CAN'T DO
The checker is a guide, not a guarantee: a message with no red flags can still be a scam. It doesn't block calls or texts. Nothing here is legal or financial advice. The news is written by the publishers it links to.
SOURCES
Government: FTC, FBI and IC3, SEC, CFTC, CFPB, U.S. Department of Justice, UK NCSC. Consumer and security: Which?, Get Safe Online, National Consumers League, AARP, BBB, Consumer Reports, Snopes, Malwarebytes, ESET, Kaspersky, Krebs on Security, BleepingComputer, The Record, Help Net Security, Proofpoint, TechRadar, PCMag, CNET, ZDNET, MakeUseOf, The Verge, WIRED, Ars Technica, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, MacRumors. News: CNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC News, Fox News, NPR, Reuters, AP, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, WSJ, Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, MarketWatch, Kiplinger, NerdWallet, Newsweek, TIME, Axios, ConsumerAffairs, Patch, US city newspapers, US local TV and radio news stations, BBC, The Guardian, Sky News, The Independent, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, Mirror, The Sun, MoneySavingExpert, This is Money, The Irish Times, Irish Independent, RTÉ, CBC, CTV News, Global News, ABC (Australia), news.com.au, NZ Herald, RNZ, Al Jazeera. Pictures: logos of the organisations named, and Wikimedia Commons photos.
Free, with a single banner ad. A one-time purchase removes it.
Scam Alert has been overhauled and updated with new features. Check a message or link for scam red flags (it never leaves your phone), follow scam alerts by type and by who scammers pretend to be, see what's rising on the Scam Radar, get step-by-step help if you've been scammed, and spot the scam in a daily quiz.
The developer, Juicestand Inc, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Juicestand Inc
- Size
- 32.9 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Upgrade to Pro $9.99
- Copyright
- © Juicestand Inc