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Godwit

About Godwit

Scams and false forwards often pretend to come from the police, a court or a government scheme. Godwit checks them in one place, in your language, and explains its answer.

How a message is checked

  1. 1Phone numbers, Aadhaar, card and UPI details are hidden first.
  2. 2Godwit looks for scam signs: “digital arrest”, demands to stay on a video call, payment to a UPI ID, fake links.
  3. 3Scheme messages are compared with official scheme details and websites.
  4. 4News and claims are matched against published fact-checks.
  5. 5You get one answer: likely real, likely fake, or can't verify yet, with the reasons.

What Godwit will never do

  • Ask for an OTP, PIN, password or Aadhaar number.
  • Call you or send you a payment link.
  • Say a message is real when it is not sure. When in doubt it says “can't verify yet”.

Also on Telegram

Forward any message, screenshot or voice note to the Godwit bot on Telegram and get the same answer in the chat.

Godwit is an independent project, not a government service, and it can be wrong. For anything involving money or the law, confirm with the official office using a phone number you find yourself.