Is this website safe — or a scam?
Paste any URL to check it against 12,000+ confirmed scam domains, fresh community reports, and an AI second-opinion. Free, no signup, takes 5 seconds.
Check a website nowURL checker
Expands shortened links, follows redirects, flags lookalike domains.
Scam detection
12,000+ confirmed scam sites + live community reports.
Plain-language verdict
AI explains why a site is risky — no jargon, no fluff.
How the website checker works
- Paste the URL — works for any site, shortened link, or email link.
- The checker normalizes the host (IDN/punycode, www stripping) and looks it up against 12,000+ confirmed scam entries.
- It pulls fresh community reports from the last 24 hours and checks domain age, SSL issuer, and brand similarity.
- You get a one-line verdict: safe, suspicious, or scam — with the exact reasons listed underneath.
Red flags the checker looks for
- Domain registered in the last 90 days impersonating a known brand
- SSL certificate issued in the last 7 days for a "support" or "claim" subdomain
- Page asks for your seed phrase, private key, or wallet password
- "Connect wallet" prompt tied to a giveaway, airdrop, or refund
- Homograph characters in the URL (Cyrillic а vs Latin a)
- Listed in the community blacklist or reported in the last 24 hours
FAQ
How does a website checker work?
A website checker looks up the URL across multiple databases — known phishing lists, scam reports, domain-age records, SSL certificate logs, and community blacklists — then returns a single verdict. GACS combines all of these in one click, plus an AI second-opinion that explains the risks in plain language.
Is the GACS website checker really free?
Yes. Every check is free, no account is required, and there is no per-query limit for normal use. The same engine powers the free browser extension and the public API.
What signals does the checker look at?
Domain age (most scams are under 90 days old), HTTPS certificate issuer and validity period, hosting fingerprint, similarity to known brand names (homograph detection), presence in 12,000+ confirmed scam entries, community reports in the last 24 hours, and on-page red-flag patterns (seed-phrase prompts, fake giveaways, urgency tactics).
Can I check a link that came in an SMS or email?
Yes — copy the URL (don't click it) and paste it into the checker. If the link uses a URL shortener, the checker will expand it first and check the final destination. Never enter a seed phrase, password, or credit card on a page you have not verified.
What should I do if the checker flags a website as a scam?
Do not enter any information, do not click anything else on the page, and close the tab. If you already entered credentials, change that password everywhere it was reused. If you sent money or signed a wallet transaction, follow the GACS panic guide at /panic-guide for the 15-minute recovery checklist.
How is this different from Google Safe Browsing?
Google Safe Browsing flags malware and well-known phishing pages, but most crypto and pig-butchering scams live under fresh domains that Google has not seen yet. GACS uses crowd-sourced reports, AI text analysis of the page content, and crypto-specific signals (wallet drainer scripts, fake exchange clones) that general-purpose checkers miss.
Check before you click.
The GACS Website Checker is free forever. Try it on any URL you're not sure about.
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