Scam Email & SMS Explainer
Paste a dodgy email or text and our AI breaks down the red flags one by one, points out any genuine-looking signals, tells you the single safest next step, and shows you exactly how to report it to Scamwatch and ReportCyber. Educational analysis only — it never gives a definitive "this is a scam" verdict; it teaches you to spot and verify for yourself.
The Scam Email & SMS Explainer will not tell you whether your message is a scam. That is a deliberate design choice rather than a gap in it. A confident verdict drawn from nothing but text someone pasted in would be worth far less than it sounds, so the report shows its working instead: each part of the message that looks suspicious, and why that particular thing is a known pattern.
A$19 one-off, and around three minutes from the point you hand the message over. What comes back is an explainer rather than a judgement — the red flags one by one in plain English, then the reverse pass, where it points to the details that read as genuine and explains why they still prove nothing. A real business name, a plausible reference number and clean spelling are all trivially copied.
The finished report sits on your order page to read on screen, with a Markdown download if you want to keep it — print it to PDF, or paste it into Word and send it on to whoever else in the family or the office got the same thing. Two free AI revisions come with it. The part that keeps paying off is that the reasoning travels: it still applies to the next dodgy message, which a yes or no never would.
Red flags, and the details that look reassuring
Whatever in the message set off your instinct is usually spread across several small things rather than one obvious tell. The report pulls those apart and takes them one at a time, explaining why each is a recognised pattern instead of just marking it as odd. That is the whole point of the format — you finish knowing what you were reacting to.
It then runs the same treatment over the signals pointing the other way. Anything in the message that looks legitimate gets named as such, along with a plain explanation of why it is not evidence. Those two halves together are what a bare verdict would have hidden from you.
Why the safe action is always 'don't click, verify it yourself'
The analysis works from what you paste and nothing beyond it. It does not open links, resolve shortened URLs, check the sender domain against any registry, read email headers, inspect attachments, or look up whether a number has been reported before. Where a link is part of what makes the message suspicious, the reasoning comes from how that link is written and framed in the text, not from where it actually leads.
That is exactly why the recommended safe action takes the shape it does: leave everything in the message alone, and if you need to know whether it is real, contact the organisation on a number or address you look up yourself. Read the report as general information for your own understanding rather than personal security advice.
Lodging it with Scamwatch, and who else needs telling
Every report sets out the steps for reporting the message to Scamwatch and ReportCyber, along with a note on who else is worth alerting — which depends on what the message was impersonating. It closes with a short protect-yourself-next-time checklist written for that scam type, not generic advice about picking better passwords.
What you get
- A red-flag breakdown explaining WHY each part of the message looks suspicious
- Any legitimacy signals present (and why they still don't prove it's genuine)
- One clear recommended safe action — never click; verify through the official channel you look up yourself
- Step-by-step how to report it (Scamwatch and ReportCyber) plus who else to alert
- A short 'protect yourself next time' checklist tailored to this scam type
- 2 free AI revisions included
Turnaround: ~3 minutes. Delivery: On-page report + Markdown download (print to PDF / paste to Word).
Frequently asked questions
I've only got a screenshot of the text message. Will that work?
You will need to type or transcribe it, because the message goes in as text. Include the lot — greeting, body, any link exactly as it appears, and the sign-off — since the wording and structure are what the analysis reads.
I clicked the link before I got suspicious. Any point buying this now?
It will still explain what the message was doing and how to report it. What it cannot do is act as incident response: it has no way to check your accounts, tell you what happened after the click, or reverse anything. If money or logins are exposed, ring your bank first, then use this to understand and report the message.
Three of us at work got the same email. Does one purchase cover all of them?
An order is built around a single message, so one purchase produces one report. That said, the report is yours to download and forward, so the other two can read the same breakdown rather than each buying their own. A genuinely different message is a separate A$19 purchase.
What if part of the report goes over my head?
Two free AI revisions are included, so you can send it back and ask for a section expanded, reworked or put more simply. The revisions apply to the report you received — they are not a way to run a second message through.
Would my bank or the police treat this as evidence?
Treat it as general information rather than an official assessment. It is an AI-written explainer for your own understanding and carries no investigative standing. The formal channels are the ones it points you to — Scamwatch and ReportCyber — plus your bank's fraud team if funds are at risk.