Self-help for phones, no hold music
Check the call. Lock down the phone.
Got a text about an unpaid toll, a call from "the IRS", a pop-up with a number to ring? Paste it in, or tick what the caller asked for, and see which published warning signs it shows and what to do next. Then work through the one-time settings that make the phones in your family harder to scam.
Family Plus $1.95 a month or $19.50 a year Free during preview what it buys
Three tools
Check it
The Call and Text Checker looks for 18 warning signs based on FTC consumer advice: gift cards, crypto, codes, remote access, fake agencies, threats, look-alike links. Your message is checked and forgotten: it is not stored.
Lock it down
The Phone Lockdown checklist is 11 one-time settings, with steps for iPhone and Android: carrier PIN and number lock, SIM PIN, voicemail password, spam filter, updates and more.
Keep the family card
A private Family Card tracks each phone's checklist and holds the real numbers to call back. Print it for the fridge or a wallet. No account, no email.
The rule that beats most phone scams
Example check
Text message
"FINAL NOTICE: You have an unpaid toll balance of $4.35. Pay within 24 hours to avoid a penalty: tollpay-service.top/pay"
Strong scam signs. Stop here.
- Threats and pressure
- A link to fix, verify, pay or track
- Urgency
- Unpaid toll, fee or delivery charge
Each sign comes with a plain explanation and the FTC page it is based on (a few general tips are marked as good practice).
- Hang up
- Call back
Hang up, then call back on a number you already have: the one on your card, your bill, or saved in your phone. Never the number in the message.
Pricing
Free
$0
- Call and Text Checker: paste a message or tick what a caller asked, see the warning signs and what to do (up to 100 checks a day)
- The full Phone Lockdown checklist for iPhone and Android
- A private Family Card with 1 phone and 3 trusted numbers, printable
Family Plus
$1.95 a month
or $19.50 a year (two months free)
- Up to 5 phones on one Family Card, each with its own lockdown checklist and progress
- Up to 20 trusted numbers (the real numbers to call back: family, bank, doctor, carrier)
- A printed fridge-and-wallet card for the whole family: every phone's progress, the trusted numbers and the hang-up rules
Free during preview: every Family Plus feature is on for everyone and nothing is charged.
PhoneSupport.co has no phone line and no staff. It is a self-help site: nothing here will call you, and nobody from PhoneSupport.co will ever ask you for money, a code or remote access.