Empower Yourself with AI-driven Scam Text Defense: Detect and Block Scams Instantaneously

Empower Yourself with AI-driven Scam Text Defense: Detect and Block Scams Instantaneously

The digital landscape has witnessed a significant shift. Nowadays, you possess the ability to harness the power of AI to identify and fend off scam text messages before they can inflict any harm upon you.

You may have heard about how scammers have embraced AI technologies. AI equips them with potent tools to craft highly convincing scams on a large scale, inundating your mobile device with a deluge of bothersome and malicious texts.

The encouraging news is that we, too, leverage AI. For quite some time, we have been utilizing it to safeguard your online safety. Now, we have discovered another powerful application of AI – to effectively put an end to the menace of scam texts on your phone.

Our innovative [Text Scam Detector] is engineered to automatically detect and notify you if it spots a perilous URL within your text messages. Gone are the days of second-guessing whether a package delivery notice or a bank alert is genuine. Our patented AI technology swiftly identifies malicious links and sends you an immediate alert, preventing you from making that fateful click. As an additional layer of protection, it can block access to risky websites in case you accidentally follow a scam link through text, email, social media platforms, or other means.

Put an End to Scam Texts and Their Malicious Links

The current situation makes this kind of protection more crucial than ever. According to the Federal Trade Commission, last year alone, Americans suffered a loss of $330 million due to text scams, which is more than double the amount from the previous year, with an average reported loss of $1,000 per victim. The surge of these sophisticated AI-generated scams has made it increasingly challenging to distinguish between what is real and what is fake.

This is precisely where our application of AI comes into play. With it, you can turn the tide against scammers and their AI-enabled tactics.

Here is a detailed look at how the Text Scam Detector operates:

• Proactive and Automatic Protection: Receive timely notifications about potential scam texts even before you open them. Once you grant permission for the detector to scan the URLs in your texts, it takes over and promptly informs you which messages are unsafe and should be avoided.
• Patented and Robust AI: Our McAfee AI operates in real-time, continuously analyzing and processing millions of malicious links from across the globe to enhance detection capabilities. This implies that the Text Scam Detector can shield you from advanced threats, including previously unseen zero-day threats. Our AI system evolves and becomes smarter over time, staying one step ahead of cybercriminals to offer you even better protection.
• Simple and User-friendly: Once you have set up the Text Scam Detector, it starts working immediately. There is no need for you to copy and paste links or manually verify whether a text or email is a scam. We do the heavy lifting for you. The feature will alert you upon detecting a dangerous link and, in case of an accidental click, block access to risky sites in real-time.

How to Obtain the Text Scam Detector

The Text Scam Detector is available free of charge for most existing customers, and new customers can also try it out for free.

Most McAfee customers now have access to the Text Scam Detector. All you need to do is update your app. There is no requirement to make an additional purchase or download a separate application. Set up the Text Scam Detector within your mobile app, then enable Safe Browsing for added protection, or download our web protection extension for your PC or Mac from the [McAfee Protection Center]. Please note that there may be some exceptions ¹.

For new customers, the Text Scam Detector is part of a free seven-day trial of McAfee Mobile Security. After the trial period concludes, McAfee Mobile Security is available at a monthly fee of $2.99 or an annual subscription cost of $29.99 for a one-year term.

As part of our new Text Scam Detector offering, you can benefit from McAfee’s risky link identification feature across all platforms you use. It can prevent you from accessing dangerous links, regardless of whether you click on them via text messages, emails, social media, or your browser. This functionality is also powered by AI. You can activate it by setting up Safe Browsing on your iOS² or Android device and by using the WebAdvisor extension on PCs, Macs, and iOS devices.

Scan the QR code to download the Text Scam Detector from the Google App Store

Indeed, the Tables Have Turned Against Scammers

AI is now working in your favor. If you have been relying on McAfee for your online security, you are already aware of the benefits it offers. The Text Scam Detector takes our protection to a whole new level. As scammers increasingly rely on AI to create more sophisticated attacks, our Text Scam Detector can assist you in differentiating between genuine and fake messages.

1. Customers who currently subscribe to McAfee+, McAfee Total Protection, McAfee LiveSafe, and McAfee Mobile Security plans already have the Text Scam Detector included in their subscriptions.
2. Scam text filtering functionality will be available for iOS devices in October.