ScamSmarts

Cancel mazes and confirmshaming

Cancelling is harder than signing up.

How to spot it

  • Phone-only cancellation
  • Guilt-trip wording

What to do

Cancel via your card issuer or a virtual card if the vendor stonewalls.

What the real thing looks like

  • One-click cancel in account settings

Try an example

A practice example with fictional companies. Answer it, then see the tells.

Is this website a scam or legit?

Secure connection (padlock)Address: glowdaily-offers.example/account/cancel
Page title: Glow Daily

Before you go, are you sure?

You will lose your member savings and your skin will thank you less. Cancellations are handled by phone only, Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 10:00.

No thanks, I do not want to save money
Your answer
How sure are you?

Sure and right: +15. Sure and wrong: -5. Calling a legitimate item a scam counts as a miss.

Test yourself on eight more

The free quiz mixes scams with legitimate messages, like real life. No sign-up.

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