Scam Message Decoder

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Scam Message Decoder skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Scam Message Decoder is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Content · Sub-category: content-misc · Last updated: 2026-07-20

Decode a suspicious message — text, email, call transcript, or DM — against the anatomy of known scam families, with a 🔴🟡🟢 read and the safe next move. Use when someone asks is this a scam, decode this suspicious text, my 'bank' just called me, this job offer seems off, or my parent got a weird message. Produces the verdict with the specific scam-family match, the tells quoted from the message itself, the safe-verification path (never the message's own links or numbers), and the if-you-already-clicked triage.

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From the source SKILL.md

Every scam is a costume over the same skeleton: manufactured urgency, an unusual payment or credential request, and a channel you didn't initiate. This skill reads the actual message against the known families — phishing, smishing, the fake-fraud-alert call, job scams, romance/pig-butchering, invoice fraud, grandparent emergencies, tech-support pop-ups — quotes the tells from the text itself, and gives the one move that defeats nearly all of them: verify through a channel you already had, never through anything the message provides. No shame anywhere in the output; these work on smart people…

What this skill does

Scam Message Decoder is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the content-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when someone asks is this a scam, decode this suspicious text, my 'bank' just called me, this job offer seems off, or my parent got a weird message. Produces the verdict with the specific scam-family match, the tells quoted from the message itself, the safe-verification path (never the message's own links or numbers), and the if-you-already-clicked triage.

Who uses this skill

The Scam Message Decoder Claude Code skill is built for content creators, marketers, copywriters, SEO professionals, and editorial teams. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 196,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/scam-message-decoder/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\scam-message-decoder\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Scam Message Decoder Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/scam-message-decoder/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Scam Message Decoder skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Scam Message Decoder skill?

Use Scam Message Decoder when your Claude Code task falls under the Content category — specifically in the content misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Scam Message Decoder" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/content/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Scam Message Decoder skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Scam Message Decoder is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Content category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/blob/c42515b9f9a965ddd77072ebff134ce431d133aa/skills/scam-message-decoder/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: mohitagw15856
Website: https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

mohitagw15856. (2026). Scam Message Decoder [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/scam-message-decoder/

BibTeX

@misc{scam-message-decoder-2026,
  author    = {mohitagw15856},
  title     = {Scam Message Decoder [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/scam-message-decoder/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-09-28 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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