Check whether a message or offer is a scam
Analyzes suspicious emails, texts, calls, or offers for red flags and tells you what to do.
The prompt
Is this a scam?
What I received: [paste the email/text/message, or describe the call or offer — remove my personal details]
From: [sender, number, website]
What they want me to do: [click, pay, share a code, call back, invest]
Have I already responded or paid? [YES/NO — details]
Tell me:
1. Your assessment: likely scam / suspicious / probably legitimate — and why.
2. The specific red flags (urgency, payment method, mismatched sender, too good to be true…).
3. How to verify independently (contact the organization through its official website or app, not the links or numbers provided).
4. What to do now — and, if I've already clicked, paid, or shared information, the urgent steps (contact my bank, change passwords, report it).
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- sender, number, website
- click, pay, share a code, call back, invest
- YES/NO — details
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the RTF structure (Role, Task, Format). RTF tells the model who to be, what to do and what shape the answer should take. It is the quickest structure that still gives noticeably better results than a bare request.
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