Scams
Phishing
In Turkish: Oltalama (phishing)
A fake message that pretends to be someone you trust so that you hand over a password, a code or money.
The sender copies a bank, a courier, a colleague or a government service and adds a reason to act at once: a fee, a locked account, a deadline. The link leads to a page that looks real and collects whatever you type.
It works because people are busy, not careless. Slowing down for ten seconds and checking in another way beats almost every version of it.
What to do
- Do not tap the link. Open the app or type the address yourself and check there.
- Check a suspicious link or message with the Link Check or Message Check tool before you act.
- If you already typed a password, change it now and turn on a second sign-in step.
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Try it
Free tools that put this to use.
- Message checker
Paste a suspicious text, WhatsApp message or email. We tell you whether it looks like a scam and what to do.
- Link checker
Paste a link from a text, email or ad. We open it for you and say what it really does.