If their photos look too good, their job is exotic, and they keep dodging video calls — they probably aren't real. Upload their photo or paste the conversation. ScamGuard reverse-searches the image and AI-scores the message against romance-scam scripts.
'I'm stationed overseas — need $500 for satellite phone time to keep talking to you.' Real soldiers don't pay for comms and never ask civilians for money.
After weeks of grooming, they offer to 'help' you invest in crypto on a platform only they know. Pig-butchering — the platform is fake.
Upload the profile photo — ScamGuard reverse-searches it against billions of public images. If it appears on Instagram under a different name, on a stock-photo site, or on a known catfish-template gallery, you'll see the source within seconds.
Refusing video calls, professional-quality photos with no candid shots, an oil-rig / military / overseas surgeon job, and asking for money before ever meeting.
Yes — paste any message and ScamGuard's AI scores it against known romance-scam scripts (pig-butchering, military romance, soldier-on-deployment, etc.).
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