Free tools
Small tools that do one job well. They run entirely in your browser: we never see what you tick or type, and they never ask for passwords.
Scam text and email checker
Paste a suspicious text or email and see the red flags it contains, with the official FTC or FBI advice for each one. Nothing you paste leaves your device.
Scam recovery checklist
Tell it how you paid and what you shared. Get a prioritized plan from official FTC guidance that you can print or copy.
Data breach checklist
Got a breach notice? Tick what was exposed and get the official steps for each item, most urgent first.
Credit freeze tracker
Every place worth freezing, with official links and phone numbers, and a checklist that remembers your progress on this device.
Most scammed states: FTC data
The FTC's official numbers for every state, sortable, with a CSV download for journalists and researchers.
Scam statistics: FTC data
How scams start (email, calls, texts, social media) and how people paid, with losses for each, from the FTC's own tables.
Scams by age: FTC data
Fraud reports, losses and identity theft by age group, from the FTC's own tables, with a CSV download.
Family scam safety plan
A printable page for an older parent or grandparent: who to call to check a story, your family code word and the official numbers to call.
Where to report a scam
The official agency for each kind of scam (FTC, FBI IC3, USPIS, IRS, Social Security, FCC, CFPB and more) with direct links.