# 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.

- Topic: Personal Life & Wellbeing
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Communication, Analyze, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/check-whether-a-message-or-offer-is-a-scam

## Prompt

```text
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).
```

## What to fill in

- sender, number, website
- click, pay, share a code, call back, invest
- YES/NO — details

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