Tools to protect yourself before you spend.

Ask the assistant

What it does: General-purpose chat, answered by the local TCG assistant model (gemma3:1b). Faster + safer than cloud AI for sensitive questions.

Summarize a long document or article

What it does: Paste long text (article, contract, PDF excerpt). Returns a tight bullet list of key facts, risks, and what to do next. Tuned for low hallucination.

Analyze an image

What it does: Upload a photo (≤5 MB, JPEG/PNG/WebP). Local vision model describes what it sees and flags suspicious activity. Use for: checking suspicious door-knock photos, sketchy product images, scan-detection.

Indiana civic search builder

What it does: One panel, several official portals: court cases (mycase), IDOC offender lookup, county clerk directory, jail/inmate search (VINELink). We don't scrape — we pre-fill the URL so you click straight through.

Live stock watchlist

What it does: Top symbols on the home-server watchlist with current price, % change, and signal. Updates every page load.

Full version: /stocks

📈 Microstock Signals

What it does: Top 25 microcap-to-small-cap movers each session. Each ticker scored BUY / HOLD / SELL from a transparent momentum + volume + 52w-range + RSI(14) + SMA20/SMA50 trend heuristic. 30-day sparkline, click-through detail.

Open Microstock Watcher →

Refreshed every 5 min. Informational only — not investment advice.

📷 Live Traffic Cameras

What it does: 333 live traffic cameras across Indiana, Kentucky, and multi-state corridors (INDOT 511, Trafficwise, KYTC, operator-curated). Filter by source, route, city, or region. Refreshes every 30s.

Open Camera Dashboard →

Live Seymour status

What it does: Snapshot of weather, threat composite, active NWS alerts, traffic, flood gauges for Seymour + Jackson County. Auto-refreshes every 60 seconds.

Business name lookup

What it does: Type a business name; we search our published findings (Indiana SoS filings, AG actions, BBB complaints, court records) and show the worst things on file.

How to use: Enter the business as it appears on your quote (e.g. "Acme Roofing LLC"). Empty result ≠ clean — also check the SoS link on this page.

Browse by severity

What it does: Sorts the findings by how serious they are — critical (active fraud), high (multiple complaints), medium, low. The ones we'd warn a neighbor about, top-down.

How to use: Pick a severity, click Show entries. Use this to skim what's hot in Indiana right now without searching for a specific name.

Report a bad business (anonymous OK)

What it does: Tells us about a pattern you've seen. We verify with public records before anything gets published, so the next person who searches for that business name finds your story.

How to use: Business name + 1-2 sentences about what happened + your county. Email is optional. Don't include SSN or photos — just facts.

Is this link a scam?

What it does: Paste any suspicious link from a text/email. We check for red flags: weird hostname, fake "login" wording, suspicious country codes, no HTTPS, embedded passwords. Runs in your browser — never sent to us.

How to use: Long-press / right-click the link → Copy. Paste below. If you see ⚠ HIGH RISK or 3+ flags, don't click — text the sender separately to confirm it's real.

Ask the AI (free, private)

Local AI (Ollama, no third-party logs) answers questions about Indiana consumer protection, common scams, and how to file complaints.

Where is this website hosted?

What it does: Tells you the country, region, and ISP of any website or IP address. A "Tax-Help-Indiana.com" hosted in Belarus is a strong tell that it's not really Indiana.

How to use: Type the domain (without https://) or paste an IP. Useful for emails claiming to be from local businesses or government agencies.

Indiana Secretary of State

Look up a corporation, LLC, or assumed-business-name filing. Confirms the entity actually exists and shows registered agent + officers.

Indiana Attorney General

File a consumer-protection complaint. Required step before any small-claims or class-action escalation.

Indiana courts & case lookup

See if a business has been sued, sued someone else, or has a small-claims judgment against it.

BMV & vehicle records

Dealer license verification, title-history hints, and the official Indiana BMV portal.

Federal consumer protection

Report fraud at the federal level — useful when the business is online-only or out of state.

Cross-reference review history

Look at multiple sources before deciding. We don't endorse any single review platform.

Before you sign anything

• Verify the business exists at the IN Secretary of State.
• Search MyCase for the business name + the owner's name.
• Search this site for the business name (above).
• Get the quote in writing with itemized parts/labor.
• Don't pay 100% upfront — 25-50% deposit is normal, the rest on completion.
• Pay by credit card or check, not Cash App/Zelle/cash. Cards offer chargeback protection.

If something goes wrong

1. Document everything in writing (texts, emails, photos).
2. Contact the business in writing (email + certified letter) requesting fix or refund.
3. If unresolved: Indiana AG complaint (see above).
4. If they took money: dispute with your card issuer / bank.
5. If under $8,000: Indiana small claims court.
6. Tell us — submit a tip so the next person searches and finds it.

Common scam patterns we see in Indiana

• Storm-chaser roofers — unsolicited door knock after a storm, "free inspection", fake damage, demand insurance check.
• Auto dealer "yo-yo" financing — sale closes, days later "financing fell through", you owe more.
• Fake utility shutoff threats — "Pay $X by gift card or your power gets cut in 30 minutes." Real utilities never demand gift cards.
• Tow operator overcharges — extra "drop fees" not on a posted rate sheet.
• Tax-prep nonexistent business — pop-up "office" that disappears after April 15 with your info.