Scam SMS & link checker

Most scam messages follow a few patterns: a threat that your account, card or service will be blocked today; a parcel, toll or tax "fee" to pay through a link; a request to share a one-time code, PIN or CVV; a prize, job or investment that needs a small fee first; a link from a personal mobile number. Real banks never ask for a one-time code and never ask you to "verify" your account through a link. In India, add: KYC-expiry threats and UPI requests dressed up as a refund; real banks there send SMS from registered sender IDs such as VM-HDFCBK.

No. The check runs as JavaScript inside this browser tab — the text is not uploaded, not stored and not added to the page address. The site counts only that a check was run and which verdict it gave, so we know the tool is used. If the message holds a short link (bit.ly, tinyurl and the like) and you tap "Follow the short link", that one link — not your message — is sent to cryosim.com, which opens it to see where it leads and keeps nothing.

It uses the same rules as the Scam Checker in the Aegix Android app: scam phrases (one-time codes, parcel and toll fees, prizes, tech-support alerts, gift-card payments, part-time tasks, guaranteed returns, and India-specific ones such as KYC and digital arrest), UPI IDs and rupee amounts, and the structure of every link — shorteners, look-alike bank and brand domains, bare IP addresses, risky domain endings, fake government sites and APK downloads. Each sign adds to a score: 7 or more, or one strong sign together with a link, is Dangerous; 3 or more is Suspicious.

Yes. It matches patterns, so a new scam written in plain words can score clean and a genuine message can trip a rule. "Looks safe" is not a guarantee: still never share a one-time code, PIN or UPI PIN, and open your bank through its own app, not a link. This page can follow a short link (bit.ly, tinyurl and the like) to show where it really leads; the Aegix app goes further and follows any link's redirects and looks it up in the Aegix blocklist.

It depends on your country. India: report the message on sancharsaathi.gov.in (Chakshu) and file a complaint at cybercrime.gov.in; unwanted commercial SMS can also be forwarded to 1909. US: reportfraud.ftc.gov. UK: Action Fraud, 0300 123 2040 or actionfraud.police.uk (Scotland: Police Scotland, 101). In the US, UK and Canada you can also forward a scam text to 7726. Elsewhere, report it to your local police or your national cyber-crime / fraud reporting service.

Call your bank straight away on the number printed on your card and ask them to block the card or payment — the first hour matters most. In India, also call 1930, the national cyber-fraud helpline, and report it on cybercrime.gov.in; elsewhere, report it to the police or your national fraud-reporting service. If you installed an app from the link, uninstall it and change your banking passwords from another phone.