Phishing Link Checker

How to recognize a phishing link?

Phishing is an attack technique that tricks victims via fake links mimicking legitimate sites (banks, social networks, online services). Recognizing warning signs in a suspicious URL is essential for protection.

Main warning signals

Typosquatting replaces letters with visual lookalikes (paypa1.com instead of paypal.com). Subdomain spoofing uses a legitimate domain as a subdomain of a malicious one (google.com.evil.ru). Suspicious TLD domains (.tk, .xyz, .ru) combined with financial keywords are common. Very long URLs with many parameters try to hide the real destination.

Shortened links and redirects

URL shorteners (bit.ly, tinyurl, t.co) hide the real destination — they are not inherently malicious but require extra vigilance when used in unsolicited emails. URLs with redirect parameters (?redirect=, ?url=, ?goto=) can be used to bypass security filters.