Why Jacana is so effective at scam protection

Jacana catches the scams you didn't see coming, and nobody else did either.

Set it up once. Jacana protects your whole device in the background and warns before you click, reply or pay.

Jacana catches the scam a day that gets past your carrier, inbox and browser.1 · illustrativeAlways on
Blocked by today's defensesGot through: $20.9B lost last year.10 Jacana catches these.

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You can't paste a scam you don't know is a scam.

Chatbots and other companies ask you to copy in a message you're worried about. The scams that hurt us are the ones we never realize we should check.

Everyone else: copy-and-paste checkers
  1. Notice something is off
  2. Stop before you act
  3. Copy it and paste it into a checker
  4. Judge the answer

Miss step 1 and nothing else happens.

Jacana
0steps. Once it's set up, Jacana works in the background.

The warning is already on screen before you act.

What still gets through, 2025

$20.9B

lost to online crime, from over 1 million complaints to the FBI.10

$15.9B

lost to fraud, from 3 million reports to the FTC.9

FBI-reported losses rose 26% in a year.10 People already run 130M+ scam checks a week in ChatGPT.4 Each one starts with someone who already suspects a scam. The losses come from the ones nobody suspected.

Screen to warning in under two seconds, in any app.

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Jacana in action: a scam text arrives · illustrative
US+1 (202) 555-0174Text message · now
USPS: Your package is on hold for an unpaid $1.99 redelivery fee. Pay within 12 hours: usps-redeliver.example
JacanaThis is a scam.Caught by Jacana · Messages · just now

Fake USPS fee. Don't tap the link.

1.8sscan to verdict
Seethe screen
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Alertbefore you act

Better threat intelligence, because we see scams first.

99%

of the fake shops Jacana flagged had no Google Safe Browsing warning when we checked.6

1,370fake shops Jacana flagged18on Google Safe Browsingwhen we checked
1 → 200

When we see one scam lead, we identify on average another 200 scam sites that haven't been used against anyone yet.7

100k+

scam entities in our threat feed.1

Protection that works the day it is turned on.

Jacana Free

Verify the people you trust, and scan anything suspicious, with an easy-to-use app that works across all of your devices.

Free
  • Manual Scam Check
  • Privacy-first architecture
  • Trust Check to verify senders
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Jacana Premium

Real-time scam protection for one person across all your devices.

$99.90/yr $49.95/yr

about $4.16/mo, billed yearly

  • Everything in Jacana Free
  • 24/7 Autoscan Scam Protection
  • Covers all your apps and devices
Start free trial

Jacana Family

Real-time scam protection for your whole family, up to 6 people, including Family Dashboard.

$199.90/yr $99.95/yr

about $8.33/mo, billed yearly

  • Everything in Jacana Premium
  • Covers You + 5 others
  • Family Dashboard
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Our mission is to mitigate cyber harm and its impact for individuals and society. Jacana, Inc. is a Delaware public benefit corporation.

Sources

  1. Jacana internal data, October 2026.
  2. OpenAI Global Affairs, "Helping older Americans spot scams," September 18, 2026. openaiglobalaffairs.substack.com
  3. Money Talks News, "OpenAI launches road tour to educate older Americans on AI," quoting OpenAI's Jack Stubbs. moneytalksnews.com
  4. UK Finance, Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign (Stop, Challenge, Protect). takefive-stopfraud.org.uk
  5. Jacana check pages published as suspicious, October 7 to 15, 2026. About 1,370 fake-shop pages, each checked against Google Web Risk, the commercial version of Safe Browsing, just before publishing. 18 were listed.
  6. Jacana internal investigation data, September 2026.
  7. Jacana internal investigation data, August 2026.
  8. Federal Trade Commission, "FTC testifies before Joint Economic Committee on agency's efforts to combat fraud," March 25, 2026. 3 million fraud reports and $15.9 billion in reported losses in 2025. ftc.gov
  9. FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center, 2025 Internet Crime Report, April 2026. 1,008,597 complaints and $20.877 billion in reported losses, up 26% from 2024. ic3.gov