Every ScamSupport scam detection guide in one place. Twenty practical guides organised by category — covering brand impersonation, government and council impersonation, financial and crypto scams, marketplace fraud, and channel-specific patterns.
Scams that pretend to come from major brands — spotting the differences between the real and the fake.
Common Amazon phishing emails to watch for
Verify suspicious Apple ID and iCloud emails
Detect fake Microsoft account alerts
Spot fake PayPal payment and dispute emails
Fake subscription and billing scams
Identify fake delivery fee and parcel texts
Spot fake Evri redelivery, customs and address-update texts
Identify fake DPD redelivery and customs smishing
Fake Yodel redelivery, address-update and customs smishing
Fake Parcelforce customs and redelivery smishing
Scams that impersonate government departments and local councils — the highest-volume UK category.
Spot fake HMRC tax refund and payment emails
Fake vehicle tax and licence texts
Fraudulent council tax rebate and refund emails
Fake TV Licensing renewal and refund scams
Fake Cost of Living, UC review and benefit-payment smishing
Fake DWP-PIP assessment, renewal and bank-detail scams
Fake HMRC Child Benefit suspension and refund smishing
Fake SLC and HMRC student-finance refund and verification scams
Scams targeting bank customers, investors and crypto traders — the highest-loss category.
Check emails claiming to be from your bank
Fake Barclays fraud-alert and safe-account smishing
Fake NatWest fraud-alert and OTP-harvesting smishing
Fake HSBC fraud-alert and safe-account smishing
Fake Lloyds, Halifax & Bank of Scotland payee-added smishing
Fake Santander fraud-alert and OTP-harvesting smishing
Fake Nationwide payee-added and card-blocked smishing
Fake Halifax fraud-alert and card-blocked smishing
Why phone calls from “Monzo” are always scams
Why phone calls from “Revolut” are always scams
Fake Starling fraud-alert and verification smishing
Fake TSB smishing and the Fraud Refund Guarantee
Warning signs of fake investment schemes
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency fraud detection
Scams that use specific delivery channels — SMS, encrypted messengers, voice calls, QR codes. Browse the full messaging-scam hub →
SMS, voice, AI cloning, DMs, QR — the full category index
Common WhatsApp scams and how to respond
AI voice cloning and family impersonation scams
Family-emergency, CEO & relationship voice clones
Cold-call, browser pop-up & reverse-refund patterns
Brand-collab, friend-takeover & crypto-pivot DMs
Malicious QR codes in parking, menus and post
Long-form social-engineering scams that build a relationship before extracting money or data.
Protect yourself from online dating fraud
Spot fake job offers and recruitment fraud
Universal phishing-detection skills and business-targeted scam patterns.