Privacy
What this site collects, where it goes, and what it never does. Written to be read, not skimmed past.
The short version
- No accounts, no cookies, no advertising, and no analytics or tracking scripts.
- What you type into the lookup box is checked inside your own browser. It is not sent to us.
- If you report a scam, we store what you wrote so a person can review it. Your email address, if you give one, is never published.
Looking something up
The list of known scams is downloaded to your browser with the page, and the search runs there. The website, phone number, email address or wallet you type is not transmitted to us or to anyone else.
One exception: if you open a link that already contains a search (an address ending in ?q=…), that address is requested from our hosting provider like any other page, so the search term appears in the request.
Reporting a scam
When you submit the report form, we receive the fields you filled in: what you are reporting, the category, your description, and any optional details such as the amount lost, country, date, and your email address.
- Where it is stored. The report is saved to a private code repository hosted by GitLab, and a copy may be forwarded to us by email through Formspree, a form-handling service.
- Review before publication. Nothing is published automatically. A person reads each report and decides whether it appears on the site.
- What can become public. If a report is approved, the thing reported (for example a website address or phone number) and your description of what happened may be shown publicly. Please don't include personal details about yourself in the description that you would not want published.
- Your email address. It is optional, used only to contact you about your report, and is never shown on the site or included in the published data.
- Your IP address. It is used briefly to limit how many reports one connection can send. It is not saved with your report.
What our providers see
Like every website, this one cannot be delivered without some third parties handling your request:
- Vercel hosts the site. It processes your IP address and standard request details (page requested, browser type, time) in order to serve pages and keep logs.
- Google Fonts supplies the typefaces. Your browser fetches them from Google, which therefore sees your IP address.
- GitLab and Formspree handle reports, as described above, only if you submit one.
We do not sell or share information with anyone else.
Listings about websites, numbers and wallets
Most entries on this site come from public threat feeds and are added automatically; the how it works page names the sources. If something that belongs to you is listed here and you believe that is wrong, tell us through the report form and we will look at it.
Seeing or removing your information
To ask what we hold from a report you sent, or to have it deleted, use the report form and say so in the description, including the email address you used so we can find it. Removing a report from the stored history is done by hand and may take a little time.
Changes
If what the site collects changes, this page changes with it, and the date at the top is updated.