Psst. You found the back room.
Every scam
has a tell.
Tellcase is a two-minute daily case. A made-up text, email, call or pop-up lands on the desk. Highlight anything that looks off, call it scam or legit, and see what you caught.
For WeldonPC clients
If you got here from WeldonPC.com, welcome. This is a little room we built for you: a two-minute daily puzzle for practising a simple habit: look for the tell, then check another way. Everyone else who found the door is welcome too.
How a case works
Read it. Mark it. Call it.
- 1
Read the situation
Every case starts with what you were doing, because context decides a lot: a code you asked for is fine, the same code from a stranger is not.
- 2
Highlight the tells
Tap the words that look wrong. They turn highlighter yellow. Careful: flagging something that is fine costs points.
- 3
Call it, then see why
Scam or legit? The case opens up: every tell you caught, every one you missed, and what to do instead in real life.
Electric Service Dept: your account ending 4410 has a past-due balance.
Your power will be shut off in 45 minutes.
Pay $212.40 now with a prepaid gift card to keep it on.
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Sample marking (not one of the cases)
- A tell you caught
- A tell you missed
- Flagged, but it was fine (costs 10)
Scoring 40 for the right call, 60 shared across the tells, minus 10 for each false flag. On a legit message the 60 is yours only if you flag nothing.
The field guide
Eight tells worth knowing.
They turn up again and again in scam texts, emails, calls and pop-ups. (Read the first letters slowly. The back room has another door.)
- WWay too urgent
- EElsewhere links
- LLookalike senders
- DDon't tell anyone
- OOdd ways to pay
- NNever the code
- PPersonal details on request
- CCall this number
Pricing
Today's case is always free.
The Back Room Pass opens all 24 cases in the file and keeps your score in a Case Book. Free during preview: payments are not switched on yet, so the Pass is open to everyone for now.
Free
$0
- Today's case
- The six cases before it
- The field guide
Back Room Pass
$1.95/month
or $19.50 a year
- All 24 cases, any order
- Case Book: first scores, streak, kinds you miss
- Replay any case
Free during preview
Week Pass
$1.00 once
7 days, does not renew
- Everything in the Pass for a week
- For one person; it simply ends after 7 days
Free during preview