Your free Self Help Tool Centre

This page features nine easy-to-use, free tools to help you protect yourself, your family, finances, devices and workplace from fraud and other online harms. Please use them in conjunction with the information and advice found elsewhere on this website.

Check a website

A fast, easy way to check if a website is likely to be legitimate or fraudulent … before you visit it.

Go to Check A Website

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Check a photo

Has that photo on a dating site or advertising platform been copied from another website? Check here.

Go to Google Images

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Check a physical location

Is that business or person genuine? Find out where the street and premises of a company or person are and what they look like.

Go to Google Maps / Streetview

> How to use this tool

Check for a data breach

Have your contact details been stolen by cybercriminals? Check here.

Go to Have I Been Pwned?

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Check if you can spot a phishing email

Can you tell the difference between a genuine email and a scam? Test your knowledge.

Go to Google Phishing Quiz

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Check your social media footprint

How big is your social media footprint? Here’s a fun way to check.

Go to Social Footprint Checker

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Store all your passwords securely

You don’t have to remember or write down all your passwords, with this simple tool from Microsoft.

Go to Microsoft Wallet

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Check the strength of passwords

Your passwords are the key to your online life. Make sure the ones you create are strong enough.

Go to Password Monster

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Manage your passwords in one place

Create, store, manage and check the strength of all your passwords saved in your Google account.

Go to Google Password Manager

> How to use this tool