# Suspicious message verification checklist — ScamChecklist

Canonical: https://agiscorecard.com/workbench/scamchecklist
Language: en
Method version: 2026-09-19.2

Create a verification checklist from observable warning signals.

## How this tool works

Six observable warning signals each map to a verification step. The count is not a probability or a verdict that a message is safe.

## Input format

- Artificial urgency: `urgency`
- Unusual payment demand: `payment`
- Requests for passwords or codes: `secret`
- Unexpected links or attachments: `link`
- Unverified sender identity: `identity`
- Remote-access request: `remote`

## Reproducible example

All prefilled business examples are fictional. Replace them with your own checked inputs.

```json
{
  "columns": [
    "Signal",
    "Your response",
    "Next step"
  ],
  "rows": [
    [
      "Artificial urgency",
      "Present",
      "Pause; contact the organization through a independently known channel."
    ],
    [
      "Unusual payment demand",
      "Not reported",
      "Absence of this signal does not establish safety."
    ],
    [
      "Request for codes or secrets",
      "Not reported",
      "Absence of this signal does not establish safety."
    ],
    [
      "Unexpected link or attachment",
      "Not reported",
      "Absence of this signal does not establish safety."
    ],
    [
      "Unverified identity",
      "Not reported",
      "Absence of this signal does not establish safety."
    ],
    [
      "Remote-access request",
      "Not reported",
      "Absence of this signal does not establish safety."
    ]
  ]
}
```

## Limits and assumptions

1 selected warning signals. This is a checklist, not a verdict that a message is safe or fraudulent.

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