The email that looks right but isn't.
Scout checks every email as it lands. When one looks wrong, it flags it so you can't miss it, and tells you why in plain words. Then you decide.
Please pay this month's invoice #881 to our new account below. This change is effective immediately.
“Our supplier emailed to say they'd changed banks. Same logo, same signature. I nearly paid it.”
Calm facts. Not alarms.
The fake invoice
BeforeIt looks right, so it gets paid.
With RookeryScout flags it and lists what's off: the lookalike address, the new bank details.
A vague warning
BeforeA banner says “suspicious” and nothing else.
With RookeryEach reason in plain words, so you can judge for yourself.
The reply
BeforeAn assistant cheerfully drafts a reply to the scammer.
With RookeryQuill doesn't draft replies to flagged email, and no helper sends to it on its own.
Three steps.
- Every email is checked as it lands.Who really sent it, where replies would go, and what the links and attachments are.
- Risky ones are flagged.Marked Possible phishing and sorted to the top, with a This could be a scam banner.
- You see the reasons.Open Show the checks to see every signal Scout found.
Scout: This one swaps an l for a 1 in the address, and it's asking for new bank details. I'd call them on a number you already have.
What Scout checks
Every email, as it arrives:
- Whether it really came from the address it shows.
- Mail that claims to be from your own domain but can't prove it.
- Lookalike addresses: a 1 for an l, a near-copy of your domain or of someone you know.
- A display name that shows a different address, or borrows a teammate's or contact's name.
- A reply-to address at a different domain.
- Links whose text shows one site but go to another.
- Attachments that are programs, programs in disguise, files that can run code or fake a sign-in page, and locked zip files.
- Talk of new bank or payment details.
- A first email from an address, or from anyone at that domain.
The honest bit
- Scout flags, it doesn't hold. A flagged email still arrives in your inbox, at the top, with the warning on it. Holding the worst ones back until you release them is coming. Coming soon
- There's no “It's safe” button yet. If Scout is wrong, the warning stays on that email. Coming soon
- It isn't a spam filter. Scout looks for scams, not ordinary junk. Spam filtering is coming. Coming soon
- No checker catches everything. If an email asks you to move money, check by phone, on a number you already have.
Better together.
Questions
Does Scout delete or hide flagged email?
No. It stays in your inbox, marked Possible phishing and sorted to the top, so you can see it and decide.
Will Quill reply to a scam?
No. Quill doesn't draft replies to flagged email, and a helper can never send to one on its own.
What should I do with a flagged email?
Read the reasons. If it's about money, contact the sender another way, using details you already have.
Is it a spam filter?
No. Scout looks for scams and fraud: fake senders, links that lie, payment changes. A spam filter is on the way.
When can I start?
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