Suspicious link
A website address, URL, QR code or link you are unsure about before opening, signing in, downloading or making a payment.
Open →VERIFY
Before you click. Before you pay. Before you trust.
Something suspicious happened and you are not sure what to do? Start here. You do not need to know the cybersecurity term for what you are seeing. Tell us what happened and we will help you find the safest next step.
Start with the situation. You do not need to know the cybersecurity jargon first.
Suspicious messages, fake websites, payment requests, account alerts and impersonation attempts do not always look dangerous. They may use familiar names, convincing logos, urgent language or professional-looking documents.
Use Quick Verification when you have something specific in front of you that you want to analyze. Use Guided Verification when you want a structured method for verifying the wider situation.
What should I never share?
Never submit passwords, one-time passwords, recovery phrases, private keys, PINs, full bank-card details or other secrets that could give someone access to your accounts or money.
QUICK VERIFICATION
Have something suspicious right now?
Choose what you received. Except for suspicious links, these options take you to the central message analyzer, where you can bring the suspicious message or request for analysis.
Phone or SMS
A suspicious phone call, SMS or message involving urgency, identity, money, account access or an unusual request.
Open →WhatsApp message
Received a WhatsApp message or request you are unsure about? Take the message to the message analyzer before you respond.
Open →Paste a suspicious email or email request into the message analyzer before clicking, replying, paying or sharing information.
Open →Payment request
Received a payment request as a message? Paste it into the message analyzer before approving, sending money or responding.
Open →Bank or transfer request
Received a bank-transfer instruction or changed payment detail in a message? Analyze the message before acting.
Open →Job offer
Received a recruitment or work-from-home message? Analyze the offer before paying, sharing documents or continuing the conversation.
Open →Investment opportunity
Received an investment or money-making message? Analyze the message before sending money or sharing sensitive information.
Open →Online seller
Received a seller's message or offer? Analyze the message before paying, sharing information or moving the conversation elsewhere.
Open →Crypto request
Received a crypto-related message, wallet request or transaction instruction? Analyze the message before sending or signing anything.
Open →Social-media message
Received a suspicious social-media message or request? Analyze it before responding, paying or sharing account information.
Open →GUIDED VERIFICATION
23 guided verification guides across the security areas.Verify a situation step by step
Browse the guided verification library using the same ten security areas used throughout the Knowledge Center. Each guide provides a structured method for applying verification to a real situation.
SECURITY AREA
Account Security
Protect accounts, credentials, authentication methods, and recovery access.
Account Security Verification
Review high-impact accounts, authentication, recovery methods, devices, sessions and security activity before trusting your account protection.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Device & Mobile Security
Protect phones, computers, apps, downloads, updates, and mobile access.
Device Security Verification
Verify device locks, applications, permissions, accounts and active sessions to reduce exposure if your phone or computer is lost or accessed.
Open →App & Software Verification
Verify software sources, publishers, permissions and remote-access requests before installing or approving access.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Scam, Phishing & Social Engineering
Recognize manipulation, impersonation, phishing, and scam tactics.
WhatsApp Verification
Verify WhatsApp identities, unusual requests, urgency, links and other suspicious conversations before acting.
Open →Email Verification
Verify email sender identity, unusual requests, links, attachments, urgency and other suspicious email signals.
Open →Job Offer Verification
Verify recruiters, organisations, payment requests, sensitive-information requests and unusual recruitment instructions.
Open →Investment Verification
Verify the person or organisation behind an investment opportunity, its claims, platform and payment instructions.
Open →Online Seller Verification
Verify sellers, listings, identities, prices, payment arrangements and delivery claims before paying.
Open →Social-Media Account Verification
Verify account identity, impersonation risks, unusual requests and account information before trusting the profile.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Financial & Payment Security
Protect money, transfers, payments, banking activity, and payment evidence.
Payment Verification
Verify beneficiaries, amounts, changed bank details, independent confirmation and payment evidence before acting.
Open →Bank Transfer Verification
Verify the beneficiary, changed bank details, amount and payment instruction before approving a transfer.
Open →Payment Received Verification
Verify the actual account transaction, status and amount before releasing goods, services or access based on a payment claim.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Privacy & Personal Data
Protect personal information, sensitive data, permissions, and privacy choices.
Personal Information Verification
Verify why personal information is requested, who is requesting it, whether it is necessary and whether the channel is appropriate before sharing.
Open →Identity Information Verification
Check identity-document requests for purpose, scope, recipient, channel and unnecessary exposure before sharing.
Open →Digital Exposure Verification
Audit what personal information is publicly visible across social accounts, documents, images, listings, groups and search results.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Network & Internet Security
Use networks, websites, Wi-Fi, and online connections safely.
No dedicated guided verification guide yet.
This security area is part of the platform's verification framework. Dedicated guided verification resources will appear here as this area is expanded.
SECURITY AREA
Crypto & Digital Asset Security
Protect wallets, recovery secrets, transactions, networks, and digital assets.
Protect Your Recovery Phrase
Verify requests, support messages, websites and troubleshooting instructions involving wallet recovery phrases and other recovery secrets.
Open →Verify a Crypto Transaction
Check the asset, recipient, wallet address, network, amount, fees, approvals and final confirmation before signing or sending.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Identity Protection
Protect identity information, documents, and identity-verification processes.
Verify a Person Separately
Verify familiar identities independently when an unusual request could cause financial, account or other serious harm.
Open →Identity Information Verification
Verify identity-document requests for purpose, scope, recipient, channel and unnecessary exposure before sharing.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Incident Response & Recovery
Respond to compromise, fraud, device loss, data exposure, and recovery needs.
First Response When Something Goes Wrong
Respond safely when an account, device, payment, credential or other security situation may already have been compromised.
Open →Preserve Evidence and Report
Record what happened, preserve useful evidence, protect sensitive information and report an incident appropriately.
Open →SECURITY AREA
Business & Organization Security
Protect organizational accounts, access, devices, payments, data, and recovery.
Business Account Security
Review business accounts, administrator access, MFA, recovery methods, sessions, connected applications, permissions and offboarding.
Open →Business Payment Changes
Verify changed supplier details, urgent payment requests, invoices, beneficiaries, wallet addresses, QR codes and other consequential business payment instructions.
Open →How Verify fits into the learning system.
The Verify library is open to everyone. A learner may arrive here from a lesson, while someone facing a real situation can come directly to the appropriate guide.
The wider learning path connects the same ideas: Knowledge → Learn → Practice → Verify → Assess → Improve. The verification guides provide a practical bridge between understanding a security topic and applying it to a real decision.
Why are some areas empty?
The ten security areas are the shared taxonomy for the platform, matching the Knowledge Center. Not every area needs a dedicated guided verification page at the same time. The structure lets new guides be added to the correct area without changing the navigation model.
Can I use a guide without taking the lesson?
Yes. The guided verification pages are public resources. Learning modules link to the same guides so learners can apply what they have studied, but anyone can use a guide directly when they need it.
What a verification result should help you understand.
VERIFY BEFORE YOU TRUST is designed to help you move from uncertainty to a safer decision.
Why we think this
The result should explain the signals, behaviours or evidence that contributed to the assessment instead of simply giving you a warning without context.
Evidence and confidence
Where appropriate, the platform should distinguish between what it could verify, what it could not verify and how confident the assessment is. Automated guidance should never pretend to know something it cannot establish.
What you should do next
The most important part of a security warning is the action that follows it. Guidance should help you avoid unnecessary loss, protect your accounts or information, preserve useful evidence and choose an appropriate next step.
VERIFY BEFORE YOU TRUST.
A familiar name, professional-looking message, convincing screenshot, urgent request or attractive offer is not proof that something is legitimate. When money, credentials, identity, sensitive information or an irreversible action is involved, slow down and verify before acting.