Tip Checker
How the Tip Checker works
What happens when you press Check this post, the 14 kinds of red flag we look for, and where the news comes from. Nothing hidden.
What happens when you press Check this post
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Your device reads the facts
Our software on your own device finds any SEBI registration number and the company names in the post. Nothing is sent yet.
- 2
Our AI reads the post
The post goes to our server and, through our AI gateway Mesh API, to DeepSeek's AI (Google's Gemini if DeepSeek fails). We keep it for up to 8 days, with contact details removed and no name or account, so a second AI can re-check our answer. Untick the box to opt out. Pro members can press Try again: two AIs read it again, and Claude from Anthropic decides if they disagree on something serious. The AI checks it against our 14 kinds of red flag, and anything else that should make you careful.
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Every red flag must point to the words
For each red flag the AI must copy the post's exact words. Our code checks that those words really are in the post. If they are not, the red flag is dropped, so the AI can't make one up.
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News claims are compared with real headlines
Claims like a big order or quarterly results are compared with recent headlines from our 24 named outlets and official exchange filings. Each claim gets one of three labels, and we show all three, never true or fake.
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A safety filter reads the answer
Before you see it, our code removes any sentence that tells you to buy, sell or hold, rates a stock, predicts a price or calls a person names.
The 14 kinds of red flag
The AI reads the post by meaning, in English, Hinglish or Hindi. These are the kinds it looks for, with a few example phrases from our list.
In total: 14 kinds, 910 example phrases and 209 word patterns.
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Asks you to pay or send moneySerious
The post asks you to pay, deposit or send money. Money sent this way is very hard to get back. Never pay someone you only know from a message.
- “send me money”
- “send us money”
- “send the money”
- “pay first”
- “pay now”
- “advance fee”
55 phrases and 34 patterns in our list for this kind.
- 2
Asks for your OTP, password or account accessSerious
No genuine adviser, broker or regulator needs your OTP, password, PIN or remote access to your phone. Anyone who has them can trade or take money out of your account.
- “account handling”
- “account handling service”
- “managed account”
- “managed accounts”
- “give me your account”
- “give your account”
35 phrases and 17 patterns in our list for this kind.
- 3
Promises returns or says you can't lose
Nobody can promise stock market returns: prices can always fall. SEBI-registered advisers are not allowed to promise returns.
- “guaranteed returns”
- “guaranteed return”
- “guaranteed profit”
- “guaranteed profits”
- “guaranteed income”
- “profit guaranteed”
244 phrases and 62 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Gives a ready-made buy or sell call
A call like "buy at this price, target this, stop loss that" is personal investment advice. Only a SEBI-registered adviser may give it, and no call can promise a result.
- “intraday call”
- “intraday calls”
- “intraday tip”
- “intraday tips”
- “positional call”
- “btst call”
10 phrases and 2 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Shows off big, quick profits
Stories and screenshots of quick profits are easy to fake and are used to pull people in. They say nothing about what you would earn.
- “living the dream”
- “made lakhs”
- “made crores”
3 phrases and 7 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Claims secret or insider information
Trading on real insider information is illegal, and 'operator' or 'big news coming' talk is common in pump-and-dump schemes, where early buyers sell to late ones.
- “insider tip”
- “insider tips”
- “insider news”
- “insider info”
- “insider information”
- “inside information”
135 phrases and 15 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Looks like news, but ends in a buy call
A tip written like a news flash borrows the trust people give to real news. Real news reports what happened; it does not tell you what to buy, at what price, or by when. This trick is used most when markets are rising fast.
- “news based call”
- “news based trade”
- “news based tip”
- “news trade”
- “news wala trade”
- “news pe trade”
15 phrases and 1 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Pushes you to a private or paid group
Moving you to a Telegram or WhatsApp group, a DM or a paid 'VIP' plan is a common first step in tip scams, away from public view.
- “link in bio”
- “link bio me”
- “link bio mein”
- “bio me link”
- “link in description”
- “click the link”
90 phrases and 19 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Offers a prize, refund or special deal
Surprise rewards, 'institutional' accounts, discounted block deals and guaranteed IPO allotment are hooks: ordinary investors can't get these through a message.
- “institutional account”
- “institutional trading account”
- “institutional quota”
- “institutional channel”
- “institutional desk”
- “institutional level”
45 phrases and 13 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Threatens to block your account or get you in trouble
Saying your account will be blocked, or that you're in legal trouble, unless you act now is a pressure trick to make you panic and pay or share details. Real officials don't do this over calls or messages.
- “account freeze”
- “account will be frozen”
- “account will be blocked”
- “account will be suspended”
- “account will be closed”
- “account will be permanently blocked”
36 phrases and 7 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Uses hype words
Exciting words make a tip sound certain. Real research also explains what could go wrong.
- “sure shot”
- “sureshot”
- “jackpot call”
- “jackpot stock”
- “jackpot alert”
- “jackpot tip”
70 phrases and 4 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Rushes you
Rushing you leaves no time to check the facts or ask someone you trust.
- “urgent alert”
- “urgent buy”
- “urgent call”
- “urgent tip”
- “urgent stock”
- “urgent entry”
152 phrases and 12 patterns in our list for this kind.
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Shouts to grab attention
Rows of rocket and money emojis and ALL-CAPS with '!!!' are there to excite you, not to inform you.
0 phrases and 0 patterns in our list for this kind.
Where the news comes from
Only these 24 named outlets, plus official BSE filings and SEBI and RBI press releases:
All India Radio, Business Standard, Business Today, BusinessLine, CNBC TV18, DD News, Deccan Herald, Economic Times, ET Now, Financial Express, Fortune India, Hindustan Times, India Today, Indian Express, Livemint, Moneycontrol, NDTV, NDTV Profit, New Indian Express, Reuters, The Hindu, ThePrint, Times of India and Zee Business
The three labels: Matches reports from (outlet names), Contradicts reports from (outlet names), and Couldn't find this in any trusted source. Not found does not mean false. It only means our sources did not report it.
News or the original document?How the news is picked
We only show stories from our named outlets. When our AI writes a story's Quick read, it also scores how much the story matters to a first-time investor in India, from 0 to 10, with a one-line reason. Stories are then ordered by how many separate outlets reported them plus that score. The AI can only choose among our outlets' stories: it never adds a source.
- 9–10
- Market-wide events: big index moves, RBI or SEBI decisions, the Budget, trading halts, very large IPOs.
- 6–8
- Company or sector news with clear facts: quarterly results, orders, deals, management changes, regulator action.
- 3–5
- Smaller updates, routine filings, interviews, opinion and analysis.
- 0–2
- Not shown: lists of stocks to buy, price targets, "lucky" picks, celebrity portfolio gossip, paid or partner content, pure predictions, clickbait.
The score is about the story, never about a share. If you think we hid or ranked something wrongly, use Report a mistake.
What we never do
- Tell you to buy, sell or hold.
- Rate a stock as good or bad.
- Call anyone a scammer.
What it can't do
- AI can miss things or make mistakes. Read the post yourself too.
- A post with no red flags is not a promise that the tip is safe or true.
- It checks how the post is written. It says nothing about whether a share is a good or bad buy.
- It does not know who sent the post, and it cannot say whether someone is registered with SEBI. Use the SEBI register check for that.