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Email Phishing Scanner for Gmail

Phishing emails are more convincing than ever — written by AI, personalised to your name and employer, and designed to bypass every filter you have. TrustScan is a free email phishing scanner that works directly inside Gmail, giving every message an instant trust score before you click a single link.

🔒 Privacy-focused · No email content stored · Works in Gmail

Featured by Google 5-star rated on Chrome Web Store Privacy-first & GDPR compliant Instant analysis · No copy-paste needed

What Is Email Phishing — and Why Is It Getting Harder to Spot?

Email phishing is the practice of sending deceptive emails that impersonate a trusted sender — a bank, a colleague, a courier, a government agency — to trick you into clicking a malicious link, handing over credentials, or transferring money. It has been the leading cause of data breaches and financial fraud for over a decade.

What's changed is the quality. Until recently, phishing emails were easy to spot: poor grammar, generic greetings, obvious fake domains. Today, attackers use AI writing tools to craft flawless, personalised phishing emails that address you by name, reference your employer, and mimic the exact tone of your bank or HR department. An email phishing scanner that relies on keyword lists or known-bad domains is no longer sufficient.

Types of Phishing Emails TrustScan Detects

Spear phishing

Targeted attacks using your name, job title, or employer to appear legitimate. TrustScan analyses personalisation signals and cross-checks them against threat patterns to flag suspicious targeting.

Credential theft

Fake login pages, account-suspension threats, and "verify your details" requests designed to steal passwords. TrustScan flags urgency manipulation and sender inconsistencies that give these away.

Business email compromise

Executive impersonation, vendor fraud, and payment-redirect scams. TrustScan identifies authority impersonation and financial-pressure tactics in real time.

Fake invoice scams

Fraudulent payment requests that impersonate real vendors or suppliers. TrustScan detects the structural and language patterns common to invoice fraud before you action a payment.

AI-written phishing

Phishing emails drafted by ChatGPT or Gemini — flawless grammar, no obvious red flags. TrustScan's AI email scanner identifies machine-written content.

Deepfake attachments

AI-generated profile photos, forged ID documents, and fake proof-of-payment images. TrustScan scans every image in the email for AI-generation artifacts.

How TrustScan's Email Phishing Scanner Works

No copy-pasting required. The phishing scanner lives where you already work — inside your Gmail inbox.

1

Install the Chrome Extension

Add TrustScan to Chrome, Edge, or Brave in one click. The email phishing scanner activates automatically when you open Gmail — no setup, no configuration.

2

Open Any Email in Gmail

TrustScan automatically analyses the message for phishing signals — urgent language, sender inconsistencies, social engineering tactics, and AI authorship patterns.

3

See the Trust Score Instantly

A trust score badge appears next to the subject line. Red means high phishing risk — do not click any links. Amber means caution. Green means the email looks safe.

How TrustScan Compares to Other Email Phishing Scanners

Capability Gmail filter Traditional anti-phishing TrustScan
Catches mass-blast spam
Detects AI-written phishing
Detects targeted spear phishing Partial Partial
Scans images for deepfakes
Works inside Gmail inbox
Plain-language verdict
Free tier available Rarely

Understanding Your Phishing Risk Score

Every email gets a score from 0–100 based on phishing threat signals and AI-authorship analysis, powered by GPT-4o.

80–100
Green — Safe

No significant phishing or scam signals detected. Safe to read and act on.

50–79
Amber — Caution

Some phishing signals present. Be careful with any links, attachments, or requests.

0–49
Red — High Risk

High phishing or fraud likelihood. Do not click links or share any information.

Email content is discarded immediately after scoring — never stored permanently.

Email Phishing Scanner — Frequently Asked Questions

Is TrustScan's email phishing scanner free?

TrustScan is free to install with a free monthly scan allowance. Paid plans start at $5/month. See the pricing page.

How does TrustScan detect phishing emails?

TrustScan analyses every Gmail message for phishing signals including urgent language patterns, suspicious sender details, social engineering tactics, and fake invoice indicators. It uses GPT-4o to understand language — not just match keywords — so it catches novel phishing attacks that have never been seen before.

Does the phishing scanner work automatically?

Yes. When you open an email in Gmail, TrustScan analyses the message in the background and displays a trust score badge next to the subject line. No clicks required.

Can it detect phishing emails written by AI?

Yes. TrustScan detects AI-written phishing emails including those written by ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Learn more about our AI email scanner capability.

Does TrustScan store my email content?

No. Email text is processed ephemerally and discarded immediately after your trust score is generated. Read our privacy policy for full details.

Does it work with Google Workspace accounts?

Yes. TrustScan works with both personal Gmail and Google Workspace business accounts — any Gmail inbox at mail.google.com.

Add the Free Email Phishing Scanner to Gmail

Stop phishing attacks before you click. TrustScan scans every Gmail message automatically and gives you a clear verdict in seconds.

Install TrustScan for Chrome

Requires Google Chrome, Edge, or Brave. No account needed · Uninstall anytime.