Terms of use

What this site is

Stop A Scammer is a free reference. It collects entries from public threat feeds and from reports that people send us and that we have reviewed, and lets you search them. The how it works page describes the sources and their limits.

What a result means

• A match means the item appears in one of our sources. Feed entries are added automatically and are not individually verified by us.
• No match does not mean safe. New scams appear every day and most are never listed anywhere. Use your own judgment.
• Data is refreshed about once a day, so it can be out of date.

Nothing here is legal, financial or professional advice. If you have lost money, the help page lists who to contact.

Sending a report

When you submit a report you agree that:

• it is true to the best of your knowledge and describes something that happened to you or that you witnessed;
• it is not sent to harass, defame or damage a person or a legitimate business;
• it does not include other people's private information beyond what identifies the scam;
• we may edit it, publish it, decline to publish it, or remove it later, at our discretion.

How reports are stored and what is published is explained on the privacy page.

If you think a listing is wrong

Tell us through the report form, naming the entry and explaining why. We will review it. Entries that come from a public feed are removed automatically once the feed stops listing them, and remain marked as no longer listed for a period afterwards.

Other people's work

Articles in the reading section belong to their authors. They are either linked to, or republished with the author's permission, and are credited in each case.

No warranty

The site is provided as it is, without guarantees of accuracy, completeness or availability. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for loss arising from relying on what is or is not listed here.

Changes

These terms may be updated; the date at the top shows when they last changed.