Lince: Scam Checker

Got a text from "Royal Mail", a message from "your bank" or a "Hi Mum, this is my new number"? Before you pay, click or reply, ask Lince.

IS THIS A SCAM?
• Share the message from WhatsApp, SMS or e-mail, paste it, or pick a screenshot.
• Lince looks for the tell-tale signs: requests for bank transfers, gift cards or crypto; urgency and threats; requests for codes and passwords; remote-access apps; fake links imitating brands, shortened links, suspicious endings.
• Traffic-light result (green, amber, red), every sign explained in plain words with the suspicious words highlighted, and "What to do now".
• The analysis runs on your phone. You can also ask for an online link check (Google Web Risk and domain age).

FAMILY MODE
• Set up a parent's or grandparent's phone in 2 minutes: a family code word and the real numbers of children and grandchildren.
• When a message looks like a relative with a new number, a big warning appears: "Ask for the code word" and a button to call the real number.
• Simple mode: big text, stronger contrast, fewer buttons. A family card for the fridge.

ALERTS • Scams going round now, from official sources in your country, with links.
ACADEMY • "Spot the scam": 2 minutes a day, realistic messages, explanations, streaks, levels and medals.
BEEN SCAMMED? • Step-by-step checklist and official fraud lines of major banks, police and authorities.

PRIVACY • No account. Does not read your texts, calls or contacts. Reports are anonymous and optional.
• Six languages, content for the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Germany.

Results are indicative: Lince can be wrong and does not replace your bank or the police. Free, with ads that never appear on results, family warnings or the emergency guide.

Recent changes:
An important advertising fix. The banner's space is now reserved before the ad arrives, so the screen no longer jumps under your finger, and no button sits flush against the ad strip. Full-screen ads never appear while you are touching the screen. How often ads appear has not changed.