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Document Scam Checker - Verify Suspicious Letters and Notices

Red Flags

How to Spot a Fake Document

Generic official names

"Judge: John Smith" appearing as both judge and clerk on the same document

Spelling and grammar errors

"State of Massachuseetts" or "utmost expedience" on a supposedly official document

QR codes for payment

"Scan to settle your unpaid balance" on a parking ticket or court notice

Mismatched jurisdictions

Federal court header (e.g., "Northern District") on a municipal court document

Irrelevant logos or seals

FDIC logo on a court arrest warrant (FDIC insures bank deposits, not courts)

Pressure to act immediately

"Failure to appear may result in a default judgment and additional fines"

Threat Patterns

Common Document Scam Types

Fake Court Notices

Fraudulent parking tickets, traffic violations, and toll notices with QR codes or phone numbers that steal your payment information.

Government Impersonation

Fake IRS letters, SSA suspension notices, and jury duty summons that threaten arrest or legal action unless you pay immediately.

Fake Arrest Warrants

Bogus warrants claiming you failed to appear, with demands for bail payment via wire transfer, gift cards, or cryptocurrency.

Fraudulent Receipts

Fake subscription renewals (Norton, McAfee) or order confirmations with callback numbers that connect to tech support scammers.

Overpayment Checks

Fake checks from UPS, FedEx, or other companies sent with overpayment notices asking you to return the difference.

Fake Debt Collection

Letters threatening legal action for debts you don't owe, with urgent payment deadlines and unfamiliar contact information.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Our AI analyzes the document image to extract all verifiable information: phone numbers, URLs, QR codes, addresses, official names, legal citations, and case numbers. Each entity is verified against government databases (FTC, FCC), threat intelligence, court records, and address registries. The AI also detects red flags like spelling errors, jurisdictional contradictions, and known scam patterns.
Any single-page document image or PDF: court notices, parking tickets, IRS letters, arrest warrants, checks, invoices, receipts, demand letters, government correspondence, and more. We support JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC (iPhone photos), and single-page PDFs up to 4.5 MB.
Your document is processed and then discarded. We do not store the original image. Only the extracted text and analysis results are saved for caching purposes. If you choose to submit a community report, you can optionally consent to image storage to help protect others from similar scams.
The FTC reported $789 million lost to government impersonation scams in 2024, a 47% increase from 2023. Total impersonation scam losses reached $2.95 billion. Reports from older adults losing $10,000 or more have increased four-fold since 2020.
Yes. If your document contains a QR code, our system automatically decodes it and verifies the embedded URL against threat databases. You can also use our dedicated QR Code Checker to verify standalone QR codes.

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