Scam Detection Tool

Published: 07 October 2025

Get Safe Online has launched a new scam detection tool on their website.

If you are suspicious of a text, email or message and you want to check if it is legitimate or not before responding, you can upload it to Ask Silver on the Get Safe Online website and it will return an indication of whether the communication is safe or a ‘red flag’ for fraud.

This can be accessed here:

Ask Silver - Get Safe Online

The Get Safe Online website has lots of useful information including the Back-to-Basics campaign which provides lots of tips and advice from experts about staying safe online this October: Your back-to-basics guide to keeping safe online - Get Safe Online