Forensics

Scam Message Check

Is this text, chat or email a scam? See which scam it matches, what the real organisation does instead, every red flag in the message, and what to do next. Read in your browser — nothing is sent or stored, and no link is opened.

The message

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Results appear here

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The scam stories Canadians actually receive — the CRA, parcels, tolls, banks, e-Transfers, jobs, “wrong numbers”, stolen codes — and what the real organisation does instead.
The red flags every scam needs: deadlines, threats, gift cards and crypto, codes, secrecy, remote access.
Every link, unwrapped and checked without being opened; every phone number, and where it really is.
What to do next, and where to report it in Canada.