The core safety function
is always free.

Instead of copying an email into the web interface, you forward it straight to your own personal Verifyd address. No copy-pasting, no switching between apps, no browser needed. Especially handy on a phone, where selecting and copying a full email is fiddly.

Once you forward an email, Verifyd checks it and sends the verdict straight to your phone as a push notification. Tap it to see the full result. The whole flow happens without you opening a browser or a website.

A forwarded email carries technical information behind the scenes that a copy-pasted version loses. That extra information lets Verifyd run deeper checks and, in many cases, confirm more definitively whether an email genuinely came from the institution it claims to be from. Forwarding gives you a more accurate result than pasting.

Every forwarded-email verdict is saved in your synced check history alongside your other checks, so you can search it, refer back to it, and export it later just like anything else you have checked.

The free tier stores the last 10 checks locally on one device. Synced history means your entire verification record follows you across every device: phone, tablet, desktop. Useful for anyone who checks messages regularly and wants to ask "did I see this number before?"

Type a phone number or domain and instantly surface a previous verdict. Without search, history is just a scrollable list. With search it becomes a personal scam intelligence database.

When someone has been defrauded and needs to report it to SAPS, their bank, or the Financial Sector Conduct Authority, a timestamped PDF of their Verifyd checks is supporting evidence. Also useful for sharing a verdict trail with a family member.

The most proactive feature in the product. Scammers routinely spoof legitimate phone numbers as the sender on phishing SMSes. If your mobile number is being used as a fake sender, your contacts start receiving scam messages that appear to come from you. Monitor My Number watches the community database and notifies you the moment your number appears in a reported scam, before your contacts are affected.

When a check returns orange (suspicious but not yet confirmed), Watch This Sender lets you flag that number or domain and receive a notification if it is subsequently reported by other users as a confirmed scam. Turns a one-time check into ongoing vigilance.

Proactive notifications when a new scam campaign is detected targeting a specific institution type. "New phishing wave impersonating SARS this week. Here is what the messages look like." Value delivered between checks: you do not need to open the app to benefit.

A shareable link gives the recipient the full interactive result. They can see exactly what was checked, which signals were flagged, and the detailed reasoning behind the verdict. One tap, sent via WhatsApp. Particularly useful for protecting family members who might not use Verifyd themselves.

During high-traffic periods, when a major scam campaign triggers thousands of simultaneous checks, paid subscribers receive faster results. A modest differentiator at small scale; meaningful at peak load.

Free delivers a verdict and a concise summary. Paid delivers a detailed explanation: what specific language triggered the urgency flag, why a 12-day-old domain is a red signal, what the hidden link mismatch means in plain terms, and what to do next. Educational value compounds over time.

When a verdict returns and you are still uncertain, one tap gives you the real, verified phone number and email for that institution, sourced from Verifyd's curated whitelist. No Googling, no risk of landing on a fake contact page. Particularly useful for SARS, SASSA, and NSFAS queries.