Scam SafeGuard checks links as you browse and warns you in plain English when a page looks dangerous — before you enter it.
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No scam-detection tool is perfect. Scam SafeGuard may sometimes flag safe sites (false positives) or miss dangerous ones (false negatives). It is one layer of protection, not a guarantee — always stay cautious online.
We check links against Google's Web Risk feed, a commercial threat database also used by major browsers.
Public phishing and malware blocklists, refreshed regularly to help spot known fakes.
Tuned for the scams Australians actually get. Local accountability.
Designed to help flag suspicious new sites that may not appear on threat lists yet.
Scam links arrive in texts, emails, and social media posts that look completely real. By the time a fake site has loaded, the damage can already be done.
Scam SafeGuard checks the link first and warns you — so you have a chance to stop before a bad click leads to a stolen password or an empty bank account.
No setup, no learning curve. Add it once and it quietly works in the background.
One click to install. No account or credit card needed to start.
Shop, read your email, scroll social media. You won't notice a thing.
If a link looks dangerous, we warn you and explain why — in plain English — before you go further.
Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are now the most common source of scams. Click a link from social media and we check where it really goes — before it opens.
A website selling designer goods at impossible prices that launched last week? We check a site's age and patterns, and flag fake storefronts before you enter your card.
Got a dodgy SMS or WhatsApp? Paste it into "Check a Message" and we'll scan every link inside it in seconds. Perfect for the AusPost, myGov, or Linkt text that doesn't look right.
Click a link in Gmail, Outlook, or WhatsApp Web and we check it before it opens — automatically, nothing for you to do. Known safe sites (your bank, AusPost, myGov) load instantly. Unfamiliar ones get a quiet check first.
We check your links — not your emailsOur simple guide covers every feature — with pictures. From checking a suspicious text to setting up Caregiver Lock for a parent.
Other browser security tools ask for full access to your inbox. We don't. Scam SafeGuard's email feature reads only the web addresses (links) in a message — not your subject lines, message text, sender details, or attachments.
We see the address on the envelope, never what's written inside.
This is how the email feature is designed to work.Scams aimed at older Australians are common and costly. Scam SafeGuard adds a quiet extra layer of warning while a parent browses, shops, and reads their email.
Install Scam SafeGuard on a parent's laptop in 60 seconds. It runs quietly in the background, catching dangerous links before they cause harm — without ever watching what they browse.
Use Caregiver Lock to protect the settings with a 4-digit PIN — so they can't be turned off by accident, or by a scammer on the phone asking your parent to disable their protection.
With the Family plan, you get a simple weekly summary of what was checked and what was blocked — so you know they're safe, without ever seeing their browsing history.
Hi — here's how things went for Mum's browser this week.
Our scam blocklists and Google's Web Risk data help check links everywhere you browse. And because we're based in Australia, we know the local impersonations by name — the ones generic tools can miss.
Start free. Upgrade only if you want unlimited checks and family protection.
No auto-renew traps. Cancel any time. A voluntary 30-day refund — in addition to your rights under the Australian Consumer Law.
My background is in psychology and neuroscience — I hold a PhD focused on how people think, decide, and get manipulated without realising it. Part of that research looked at how gambling apps use targeted notifications during sports games to nudge people into betting: engineered urgency, the right emotional moment, pressure to act before you think. Scammers use the exact same playbook.
I've also watched people I care about — smart, careful, capable people — lose serious money to scams designed by professionals to be convincing. In some cases, life-changing amounts.
So I built Scam SafeGuard around one idea: protection that works with how people actually behave online, not against it. No friction. No jargon. Just a quiet layer that warns you about dangerous links before you enter them — whether you're technical or not.
— Josh, Founder · Scam SafeGuard
Add Scam SafeGuard to Chrome in 60 seconds. It's free to start, and it quietly has your back from the very first link.
No account needed to start · We check links, not inbox contents · Cancel any time