CheckTrusted – Email Scam Checker

Get a quick preview of suspicious emails. For the most accurate scan, forward the original email.

For a full scan, forward emails to scanme@scan.check-trusted.com
✔ Hidden headers analyzed • ✔ More accurate results • ✔ No copy/paste needed

CheckTrusted helps identify phishing attempts, fake senders, and malicious links. Quick previews are helpful, but full forwarded scans are more accurate because they include hidden email details.

Sender and domain checks Reviews mismatched senders, lookalike domains, and reply-to pivots.

Link and attachment signals Flags risky links, redirect patterns, suspicious files, and hidden clues.

Full scan by forwarding Forwarded emails preserve headers that copy and paste usually misses.

Preview an email now

Paste the email body, headers, or both for a quick preview scan.

Important: a quick preview can miss hidden threats. Even a “Safe” preview may be inaccurate without the original forwarded email.

Quick preview only • For best accuracy, forward the original email

Full scan: scanme@scan.check-trusted.com

Forwarded scans include hidden headers that copy/paste previews may not include.

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For the most accurate scan

1. Forward the suspicious email to scanme@scan.check-trusted.com
2. We analyze sender details, links, headers, and phishing signals
3. You get a clearer result back by email
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Quick preview vs full scan

A preview can catch obvious scams, but it may miss hidden spoofing, forwarded-header details, and link-routing clues.

For best accuracy, forward the original email to:

scanme@scan.check-trusted.com

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What we look for

Urgent language and login prompts
Sender and link-domain mismatches
Lookalike brand domains
Risky top-level domains
Basic phishing signals

How to get better results

Forward the original email whenever possible. It preserves hidden details that may not appear when you copy and paste.

Important note

A quick preview is not a guarantee. Even a “Safe” result may be inaccurate without a full forwarded scan.

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