# Check a suspicious text, email or link

> Paste the message. Warning signs and every link are checked as you type, on your device.

Paste a text, email or chat message to see common scam warning signs and the real domain of every link. Checked in your browser. Nothing is sent.

- Tool: [Scam message checker](https://fixmint.cc/scam-checker)
- Category: [Text](https://fixmint.cc/text)
- Fixes: Is this text a scam?
- Runs in the browser: files and text stay on the device, no sign-up, free.

## How to check a message for scam signs

1. Paste the text, email or chat message into the box.
2. Read the warning signs. Tap or hover a highlight to see why it is one.
3. Check the real domain of each link, then follow What to do.

## Questions

### Does a clean result mean a message is safe?

No. The checks look for patterns that scams often use. A message with no warning signs can still be a scam, and a genuine message can contain some, such as a real bank text with a link. Check the sender through a number or app you already trust.

### Is my message sent anywhere?

No. Every check runs in your browser. Nothing is uploaded or stored, and the tool does not open the links it finds.

### What is the real domain in a link?

It is the registered name just before the ending, such as .com or .co.uk. In royalmail.track-parcel.top the real domain is track-parcel.top. The royalmail part is text the owner chose to put in front of it.

### Where do I report a scam message?

In the US, forward spam texts to 7726 (SPAM) and report fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. In the UK, forward scam texts to 7726, forward phishing emails to report@phishing.gov.uk and report fraud through Report Fraud, the service that replaced Action Fraud in England and Wales.

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