Protexo: Instant Scam Detector

Protexo by Protego

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About this app

Detect scam texts and phishing links—right inside your chats.
Protexo spots risky messages in SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram, and X in real time. On-device AI keeps your messages private—no chat content leaves your phone.

Why Protexo
* See warnings where you need them: alerts appear on top of the message that looks risky.
* Private by design: scanning happens on your device; only link data may be checked in the cloud for safety.
* Understands human tricks: catches impersonation, urgency, and emotional manipulation—not just keywords.
* Works across your apps: SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram Messenger, and X.

What Protexo does for you
* Flags phishing links before you tap.
* Highlights impersonation (“bank,” “delivery,” “tech support”).
* Gives clear next steps so you don’t have to guess.

Quick setup
Turn on Protexo’s Accessibility permissions once—protection runs automatically in the background.

Privacy you can trust
* Your messages stay on your device.
* Contacts access is optional and only helps identify unknown senders.
* Protexo does not read passwords or hidden fields.

Who it’s for

* Anyone who gets unexpected links, payment requests, or “urgent” messages.
* Parents helping teens, and adult children helping seniors stay safe.

Get Protexo now and keep every chat safer—automatically and privately.

Permissions (plain-English)

* Accessibility Service – to read only the visible text in your messaging apps and show warnings directly over risky messages.
* Contacts (optional) – to label unknown numbers. Message content is never uploaded.

Privacy Policy
https://protexo.ai/privacy-policy

Ratings and reviews

This app is awesome. Super helpful with spotting scams which are getting harder to catch. Setup was quick and it runs in the background without slowing down my phone. It worked with all my main messaging apps and already flagged a few scam texts. There were some false positives at first, but it keeps getting better with the updates. I was worried about privacy, but it's good to know everything is processed in the phone locally. Would love voice message analysis in the future. Great app overall!

I’m glad there’s an app that is helping me detect spam but at the same time keeps my data local. However, there is room for improvement with the detection and timing of the alerts.

Too many False Positives! My job texts and legit medical appointments were falsely identified as scams!! Back to plain common sense!! UNINSTALLED!!

What’s new

Share the safety ➜ Now you can quickly share Protexo with friends & family right from the app. Help them avoid scams in a tap. Tap Settings → Share Protexo
Also, we have made some improvements under the hood.