Romance Scam Warning Checker
Check warning signs before sending money, gift cards, crypto, identity documents or private photos to someone met online.
Built for Australians who need a calm first check before clicking, paying, replying, sharing a code or installing anything.
What happened? Choose the safest starting point.
Use this as a first-check triage system. Start with the situation, then move to the safest next step before paying for help.
Designed for the moment people feel rushed or unsure.
This tool now gives a clearer path for three real situations: checking before acting, helping someone else, or recovering after money/details were shared.
Do not send gift cards, crypto, bank transfers, identity documents or intimate images while you feel pressured or isolated.
Pause payments and document sharing. Talk to one trusted person before replying again, especially if the other person asks for secrecy.
If money or identity details were shared, contact your bank if money is involved and save the chat before the profile disappears.
Tick what applies.
The result gives a simple risk level, what to avoid, and the safest next action.
A no-blame way to check relationship scam warning signs
Romance and friendship scams work because scammers build trust before they ask for money or personal details. Being targeted is not a character flaw.
The safest next step is to pause, talk to someone trusted, and save evidence before sending more money, gift cards, crypto or documents.
- Pause all payments, gift cards, crypto transfers and document sharing.
- Talk to one trusted person before replying again.
- Save the chat, profile link, photos, phone numbers, bank details and receipts.
- Do not warn the other person before saving evidence if you are worried they may delete messages.
- If money or identity details were shared, contact the bank and use the evidence/account security checklists.
Use the right checker for what happened.
Want someone to check the device or accounts with you?
See the Scam Safety Help service for calm, hands-on device and account checks after a suspicious call, message, payment or remote-access incident.
Check before relying on this result
This free tool provides general guidance from the answers you choose. It may be incomplete or inaccurate and is not a confirmed diagnosis, safety clearance, professional assessment, fixed quote or guarantee of an outcome.
For safety, security, money, legal rights, health, data loss or destructive changes, verify the result with a current official source or an appropriate qualified person. To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for loss caused by relying on free, unconfirmed tool output instead of obtaining that help. Nothing here removes rights that cannot be excluded under Australian law.
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