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Investigate a suspicious link

Use this workflow when a link arrives by email, text message, QR code, social post, or ad and you want to inspect the destination before opening it yourself.

Optional Shared Input

Enter a domain, URL, IP address, email address, or text value once. Workflow links will carry it to compatible tools.

Recommended Tool Order

1
unshorten-url

Unshorten URL

/unshorten-url

Preview the final destination, final domain, HTTPS status, metadata, and screenshot.

Inspect a suspicious or shortened link before deciding whether to open it.

Open Tool
2
url-redirect-tracker

Redirect Tracker

/url-redirect-tracker

Inspect every redirect hop when the path looks suspicious or overly long.

Diagnose every HTTP redirect hop in a public URL chain.

Open Tool
3
Scam Trust Score Checker

Scam Trust Score

/scam-trust-score

Review visible page trust signals using a bounded heuristic check.

Quick check for scams, and report scams with a single click to help protect others.

Open Tool
4
HTTP Server Header

Server Headers

/http-server-header

Look for response and security headers returned by the destination site.

Inspect response headers returned by a public web server.

Open Tool
5
Whois Lookup

Whois Lookup

/whois-lookup

Review public domain registration signals when the final domain is unfamiliar.

Look up public domain registration records using RDAP, the structured successor to legacy WHOIS.

Open Tool
6
ssl-lookup

SSL Lookup

/ssl-lookup

Inspect certificate issuer, validity dates, and HTTPS certificate details.

Check if a SSL Certificate is properly installed and can be trusted.

Open Tool

Workflow Tip

Run the first tool, review the result, then continue only when the next check answers a useful follow-up question. Not every situation needs every tool in the workflow.

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