Google Search
Built-in security keeps you safer from
scams and fraud
According to the Global Anti-Scams Alliance, nearly one in four people worldwide have been affected by online scams and fraud. Bad actors are misusing technology to build scams around jobs, investments, travel, and more, relying on misleading content and malware to make their crimes more effective. Google is committed to helping you stay safer every day, with AI-powered security features built in at the product level.

AI-powered scam detection
Your daily defense against dangerous schemes
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In Search, AI helps us detect and block hundreds of millions of scammy results every day. Our Fighting Scams on Searchreport showcases how the investments we’ve made in our AI-powered scam-detection systems — along with improvements to our classifiers — have enabled us to catch 20 times the number of scammy pages. These improvements help ensure that the results you get are legitimate, and protect you from harmful sites trying to steal your sensitive data. We also provide tools like About this result, which lets you learn more about online sources before clicking into them. -
Chrome
Chrome’s Enhanced Protection mode of Safe Browsing is our highest level of protection from phishing, malware, and other scams you may encounter while browsing the web. It keeps consumers twice as safe compared with Standard Protection mode. With its expanded use of AI, Enhanced Protection now deploys the Gemini Nano model to predict scamming sites at a scale not possible before, and can even identify previously unseen scams. We’ve started using this new, AI-powered approach to protect people from remote tech-support scams and will be expanding it to protect against additional types of scams. -
Google Maps
We’re constantly getting better at preventing and taking down deceptive content from bad actors. Last year, our AI-powered detection systems blocked or removed more than 12 million fake business profiles and over 240 million reviews that violated our policies. The vast majority of the misleading reviews were removed from Google Maps before they were ever seen by our users. -
Android
Android automatically filters out spam and phishing messages, and screens scam calls. Proactive protections warn you before you visit an identified dangerous site. All apps on your device are scanned daily for continued security. And theft protection keeps your data safe before, during, and after theft attempts. -
Pixel
Scams are commonly initiated through phone calls and text messages. These often appear harmless at first but can evolve into dangerous situations. Scam Detection uses powerful on-device AI to help detect conversational patterns commonly used by scammers, in real time. Get notified during calls and text messaging if the person on the other end is a potential scammer.