Received a questionable email? Check if it's phishing / spam!
Welcome to my CheckForPhishing tool. For years Phishing has been the greatest threat for companies and individuals. From an attacker's point of view it's easy and effective and for an individual user it's hard to detect. Many companies and individuals have lost a lot of money due to (spear) phishing activities.
This must stop!
I created the CheckForPhishing tool to give companies and individuals more insight and knowledge about "vague" or "quesionable" emails they receive. This tools helps to identify if the email is legit or phishing / spam.
Do you have usage questions, or questions about the CheckForPhishing tool. Please see the usage instructions and FAQ below the form.
I hope to improve these tool(s) over time and I can use your help doing so. Are you able to develop a useful feature or willing to help in some other way, please contact me. Together we can make the world a little bit safer.
This must stop!
I created the CheckForPhishing tool to give companies and individuals more insight and knowledge about "vague" or "quesionable" emails they receive. This tools helps to identify if the email is legit or phishing / spam.
Do you have usage questions, or questions about the CheckForPhishing tool. Please see the usage instructions and FAQ below the form.
I hope to improve these tool(s) over time and I can use your help doing so. Are you able to develop a useful feature or willing to help in some other way, please contact me. Together we can make the world a little bit safer.
Usage Instruction
Need instructions? No problem! Here we will tell you what information is needed and how to get it. Sadly we are unable to tell you in detail how to get the desired information for every e-mail application that is available. We'll do our best to cover most details. There are 2 ways the Phishing Checker Tool can do it's job correctly.- The most easy way is to feed the checker with an *.MSG file. An MSG file is an email message, contact, appointment, or task created or saved within Microsoft Outlook. It may contain one or more email fields, which includes the date, sender, recipient, subject, and message body, or contact information, appointment details, and one or more task descriptions. MSG files may also store one or more email attachments, which are files sent with the message. An MSG is a file containing all information about the e-mail. MSG files are only supported by Microsoft Outlook. If you are not using Microsoft Outlook then you need to insert the information manually.
Getting the *.MSG file is easy. Just drag and drop an e-mail from Microsoft Outlook to an empty folder or the desktop. The *.MSG file is created and can be used to feed the Phishing Checker by dragging and dropping the file in the appropriate field or by uploading the file. Please view below video for more details. - When you are unable to generate an *.MSG file you can copy- and paste the header content and the body to the e-mail checker.
Getting a *.MSG file from Microsoft Outlook
Getting Header Information from Microsoft Outlook
Getting Header Information from Mozilla Thunderbird
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Getting Header Information from Outlook.com Webmail
Getting Header Information from GMail.com Webmail
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How can I generate an *.msg file so I can upload it to the phishing checker?
A: Please, check the instructions above.
Q: I am unable to generate an *.msg file. How can I get the headers so I am still able to do a check.
A: Please, check the instructions above.
Q: How many checks can I do on a daily basis?
A: At the moment we don't check the number of submissions. Our CheckForPhishing tool can be used under "fair use" policy. Excessive users will be blocked.
Q: Is this site free to use?
A: Yes, this site and it's tools are free to use.
Q: Do you provide an API so we can connect to your service?
A: At the moment we do not provide an API.
