What Hunch is
Most scams don't look like scams.
That's the whole problem. The convincing message looks like your bank, your recruiter, or a friend who needs a code. By the time something feels off, you've often already replied.
Hunch gives you one calm moment before you decide. You paste a message. Hunch reads the whole thing, not only the link, and shows you what's really there: what it asks for, what sender evidence it can see, and why that matters. Then you decide, with the facts in front of you.
You stay in control.
Hunch is an advisor, not a judge. It will never call anyone a criminal. It points to what's real, like a look-alike domain, or a request for a code no real company would ask for, and lets you draw the line yourself.
Your message stays yours.
Detection runs on your device only; nothing from your message leaves your device. Two features do reach a server, the Telegram bot and the email check (check@checkyourhunch.com): each delivers your message to a Hunch server, which checks it, replies, then deletes it. It is never stored, and it is not sent to any outside AI service. No account. In the extension and this checker, nothing from your message leaves your device. This is how Hunch is built.
The truth, or nothing.
We would rather say "we're not sure" than sound confident and be wrong. Every verdict shows its reasons. Every number we publish has a real source. Our credibility is the whole product. The day you can't trust what Hunch tells you, Hunch is worthless, so we guard it above everything.
Check before you trust.
Not because the world is out to get you, but because a ten-second look is cheaper than the alternative. That's the habit we're here to make easy.
Questions people ask
- What is Hunch?
- A calm second look on a message you're not sure about. Paste it and Hunch tells you, in plain words, what it's really asking you to do, and a safer next step.
- Is Hunch a scam?
- No. Hunch is a free tool that helps you check a message you are unsure about. The checker and the browser extension are free, need no account, and do not ask for your personal details. Detection runs on your device, so in the extension and the checker nothing from your message leaves your device. Hunch is an advisor, not a judge: it shows you what a message asks for and a safer next step, and it never charges you to see a warning.
- Is it free?
- Yes. The checker and the browser extension are free.
- Does Hunch store my messages?
- No. In the extension and the browser checker, nothing from your message leaves your device. The two features that do reach a server, the Telegram bot and the email check (check@checkyourhunch.com), work the same way: the message is read on our server to answer you, then deleted. Nothing is stored, and nothing is sent to an outside AI service.
- Do I need an account?
- No account, no sign-up. Paste a message and get an answer.
- Can Hunch catch every scam?
- No, and it won't pretend to. Hunch catches a lot, but no warning is a promise that a message is fine. Always check unexpected requests yourself.
Using Hunch in apps
- Does Hunch work in the WhatsApp app?
- Not in the WhatsApp desktop or phone app. The Hunch extension checks messages in WhatsApp Web in Chrome. Using the WhatsApp app on your computer or phone? Copy the message and check it here, with our Telegram bot, or by email at check@checkyourhunch.com.
- Does Hunch work in the Gmail app?
- Not in the Gmail phone app or a desktop mail app like Outlook or Apple Mail. The Hunch extension checks Gmail in Chrome on the web. Reading mail in an app instead? Copy the message and check it here, with our Telegram bot, or by email at check@checkyourhunch.com.