AI Romance Scam Checker — Cited Risk Report

Describe an online relationship and get back a scam-risk assessment: matched red-flag patterns, a recommended next step, a confidence rating, and the real source URLs behind every claim — live Google Search grounding, not a guess from stale training data.

Tutorial: how to run it

1. Click Try for free (or Start) on this page.
2. Describe the relationship in situationDescription — or leave the prefilled example to see it work immediately.
3. Optionally add personName or platform for more context.
4. Click Start and open the Output tab once the run finishes.
5. Read verdict, confidence, and redFlags for the headline result, and recommendedAction for what to do next.

Common questions, answered directly

How do I know if I'm talking to a romance scammer online?

Describe the person, platform, and how the relationship has unfolded — it checks the story against known romance-scam patterns and returns a verdict with cited evidence.

What are the signs of a military romance scam?

Professed love within days, consistently avoided video calls, and requests for gift cards or wire transfers "for an emergency" are exactly the patterns this Actor is built to flag.

Is there a tool to check if someone I met online is a scammer before I send money?

Yes — describe the situation and get a risk verdict and a recommended next step before any money or personal information changes hands.

What you can use this for

• Personal use — a sanity check before sending money or personal info to someone you've only met online.
• Dating platform trust & safety teams — an automated screening layer for reported conversations or user complaints.
• Consumer-protection / helpline tools — a backend for a "check this before you send money" feature.

Input

Field	Description	Default
situationDescription	Describe the person, relationship, and story so far	a classic scam-pattern example
personName	Their name/alias (optional)	—
platform	Where you met, e.g. Tinder (optional)	—
model	Gemini model	gemini-3.8-flash
apiKey	Your own Gemini API key (optional)	—

Every field has a working default — hit Start with no changes and you'll get a result.

Output

{
  "situationSummary": "...",
  "commonScamType": "military romance scam",
  "verdict": "likely_scam",
  "confidence": "high",
  "redFlags": ["Professed love within days", "Avoids video calls", "Requested gift cards for an emergency", "..."],
  "positiveSignals": [],
  "recommendedAction": "Do not send money. Request a live video call. Report to the platform and the FTC.",
  "sources": [{ "url": "https://...", "title": "..." }],
  "searchQueries": ["..."],
  "groundingUsed": true,
  "model": "gemini-3.8-flash",
  "verifiedAt": "2026-09-04T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.12 per situation checked. No subscription, no minimum.

Actor recommendations

• 🐾 Pet Adoption Scam Checker — same cited-verification approach, applied to pet and puppy listings.
• 💼 Job Scam Checker — for checking a job posting or recruiter message instead of a relationship.
• 🏢 Company & Person Verification API — for verifying the person's claimed employer or identity directly.