Phishing detection
Analyze an email for impersonation, urgency, and credential-risk signals.
A focused phishing page with a working text analyzer and security-oriented explanation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-10 · See methodology
About this check
What Check Phishing Email actually does.
Direct entry point for the most common end-user concern: 'is this email a scam?'. The engine focuses on the textual phishing patterns — sender impersonation, threat language, and link-bait wording — rather than authorship style.
How it works
- 1Sender-claim mismatch flags display-name spoofing and impersonation phrases.
- 2Urgency and threat detection catches account-suspension and legal-action wording.
- 3Link-risk wording highlights misleading anchor text such as 'verify here' or 'login now'.
When to use it
Real situations this page is built for.
- An email claims your account will be suspended unless you act now.
- A 'shipping carrier' message asks for a small fee to release a package.
- A coworker forwards a suspicious message and asks for a second opinion.
Limitations
Sophisticated phishing avoids urgency. Always check the actual sender domain in addition to scoring the body.
Related checks
Honest scope
What this detector does not do.
Naming the gaps explicitly so the score is interpreted in context.
- Plagiarism against published sources (use a plagiarism checker for that).
- Whether claims in the text are factually true.
- Authorship attribution to a specific human writer.
FAQ
Check Phishing Email questions
Should I click anything from the email?
No. Paste only the text into this tool. Hover-preview links inside your mail client to verify destinations.
Does it know about my company's domain?
No customization in the demo. Combine with your provider's anti-phishing.
What's the difference vs Detect AI Written Email?
That page weighs authorship more heavily. This one is tuned for security triage.