Check a Message
Paste a suspicious text, email, social media message, letter, link description, or voicemail summary.
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Check Before You Act
Pause before you click, pay, transfer, withdraw, share personal information, or follow instructions from an unexpected caller or message.
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Check a Payment Request
Someone asked you to move money, buy gift cards, use crypto, wire funds, purchase gold, or meet a courier.
I Already Sent Money
Get urgent steps to contact the financial institution, preserve evidence, and report quickly.
Abuse or Exploitation
Review concerns involving safety, neglect, isolation, coercion, caregiver exploitation, or financial control.
Reporting & support
Act quickly when money or safety is involved.
Early contact with a financial institution, law enforcement, or protective services can help limit additional harm.
Immediate danger
Call emergency services if someone is in immediate danger.
Call 911 →Adult Protective Services
Report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Available 24/7.
1-888-277-8366 →FBI IC3
Report cyber-enabled fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and internet crime.
File at IC3.gov →Elder Fraud Hotline
Free reporting help for people age 60+ on weekdays, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. ET.
1-833-FRAUD-11 →