Red SpanielScam checks by email
Forward any dodgy-looking email to the Spaniel and get a straight answer back in seconds — in plain English, with what to do next.
Five free checks a month. No inbox connection, no app to install.
Three steps, about thirty seconds. Watch an email make the trip.
Create a free account and confirm the email address you'll forward from.
Got something that smells off? Forward it to the Spaniel — as an attachment if you can.
Within 30 seconds the Spaniel barks back: red, amber or green, why, and what to do next.
Pick a sample email and send it to the Spaniel to see the kind of bark you'd get back.
Pick a sample email
From: Royal Mail <no-reply@royalmail-delivery-uk.com>
We attempted to deliver your parcel today. A £1.45 redelivery fee is outstanding. Pay within 24 hours or your item will be returned.
Press send to see what the Spaniel thinks.
Every bark comes with the reasons behind it and one clear thing to do.
Royal Mail <no-reply@royalmail-delivery-uk.com>
Don't click the link. Delete it. Royal Mail never asks for card details by email.
Microsoft Account Team <security@ms-account-alerts.net>
Don't use the link. Open your account by typing the address in yourself and check.
Amazon.co.uk <shipment-tracking@amazon.co.uk>
Nothing looks wrong here. Still, only sign in by typing the address yourself.
We check it, reply, and delete it. We never keep your emails.
No message bodies, no attachments, no quiet copies. All that stays behind is a line in your dashboard: the date, who it came from, the subject and the verdict.
Read the privacy policy£3.99 /month
No. Nothing gets connected and there's nothing to install. You forward an email, we reply. That's the whole thing.
No. We check it, reply, and delete it. We keep a short record — date, sender, subject, verdict — so your dashboard makes sense.
Usually under 30 seconds. If the Spaniel is having a sniff around a tricky one it can take a little longer.
Never. The best we'll say is that we found no signs of a scam. Nobody can promise an email is genuine, so we don't pretend to.
Yes on Spaniel Plus — up to three registered addresses. Free accounts get one.