Mabel Helps: Scam Checker & Website Safety Help for Seniors
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Is this website safe? One click, and Mabel checks the page for scams and explains it in plain words. Made for seniors. Is this website safe? Is this email a scam? Is that pop-up really from Microsoft? Click Mabel's green question mark on any website and get a calm, clear answer in plain English – in seconds. Mabel Helps is a scam checker and patient computer helper for seniors. Mabel looks at the page that's open, checks the web address, and explains what she sees the way a kind friend would: what the page is, whether it shows signs of a scam, and exactly where to click. Big text, answers read aloud, no account needed. FOR SENIORS – AND FOR FAMILIES WHO WORRY ABOUT THEM Many people set up Mabel Helps on the computer of their elderly parents or grandparents. Whenever something looks odd, there's someone to ask right away, at any time of day, before anyone clicks, pays or calls a number. WHAT MABEL CHECKS - Fake virus warnings and "tech support" pop-ups that ask you to call a number - Phishing pages: fake logins for banks, PayPal, Amazon or email - Lookalike web addresses, where a brand name is only part of a different website - Brand-new websites, which scammers use for a few days and then drop - Known phishing websites from a public list that is updated every day - Fake shops with prices that are too good to be true - Requests for gift cards, wire transfers or remote access PLAIN-WORDS COMPUTER HELP - Explains any page step by step: "the blue Send button at the bottom right" - Answers follow-up questions: "Is this safe?", "What do I click?", "Say it more simply" - Reads every answer aloud - Extra-large text that you can make even bigger - Never asks for passwords, bank details or codes PRIVACY - Mabel only looks at a page when you click the button. No tracking in the background, no browsing history. - No permission to "read and change all your data on all websites". - The screenshot is used for one answer and is not stored by Mabel Helps. FREE 10 free questions every day. No sign-up, no account, no credit card.