Scam awareness
Guides to the scams FamVerify helps you check.
Impersonation scams work because they feel real. These short, plain-English guides explain how each one works, why it convinces careful people, and the simple habit - a fresh trusted-phone check - that cuts through it.
Updated: 4 September 2026
Read a guide
- AI voice cloning scamsWhy a cloned voice can sound exactly like your child or parent, and the one check that still works.
- The 'Hi Mum' WhatsApp scamThe most common family impersonation scam in the UK, and how to stop it in under a minute.
- Urgent payment requestsWhy urgency is the scammer's favourite tool, and how a fresh trusted-phone check breaks the spell.
The one habit that helps
Every guide here ends with the same advice: when a call, message or request feels wrong, don't argue with it and don't trust your ears alone. Ask for a fresh response from the trusted phone linked to that person's identity.
FamVerify works like a family safe word - except it can't be overheard, guessed or reused, and a cloned voice or deepfake still can't answer it. Each response is signed fresh by the trusted phone behind a FamVerify identity.
A successful check confirms a trusted phone responded. It does not make a request safe - treat payments and urgent requests as a separate decision, even after a successful check.