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Report a scam — to Scam Checker, your bank, and the official authorities

Reporting a scam matters even when you have not lost money. A report to Scam Checker can contribute to our moderated community record, while reports to official authorities, carriers, and platforms help those organisations investigate patterns and shut down abusive infrastructure. This page explains where to report, in what order, and what information to include.

There are two parallel things to do when you receive a scam: the urgent personal actions (changing passwords, contacting your bank, freezing accounts) and the reporting actions. The urgent actions come first — never delay calling your bank to file a scam report somewhere else. But once the immediate damage is contained, reporting is what makes the difference between this scam stopping with you and continuing to hit thousands more people.

For Scam Checker specifically, reporting takes one minute. Paste the suspicious phone number, URL, or email sender into our checker — there is a "report this as a scam" button on the result. The submission is stored as scrubbed private evidence. A masked group appears in the community feed only after three eligible reporters flag the same target or an operator verifies it; notes and message contents are never published.

Beyond Scam Checker, every country has at least one official body that wants to hear about fraud. We maintain a directory at the global scam reporting directory, covering Scamwatch, the FTC, Action Fraud, the CAFC and dozens of national equivalents. The reporting flow below tells you which of those to contact first based on your situation.

Reporting flow — what to do, in what order

  1. If money has moved or you shared a password — contact your bank first.

    Card payments can sometimes be reversed. Bank transfers can occasionally be recalled if reported within minutes. Use the number printed on the back of your card or in your banking app, never a number from the scam message. After this, follow the full damage-control checklist for scam victims.

  2. Report the specific message or sender to Scam Checker.

    Paste the suspicious content into the free scam checker and use the "report this as a scam" button after the analysis. Your submission helps build a moderated group in the community reports feed. The masked group becomes public only after the confirmation threshold or operator verification.

  3. Report to your country's official anti-fraud body.

    The global scam reporting directory lists the right destination by country — Scamwatch (Australia), the FTC ReportFraud portal (USA), Action Fraud (UK), the CAFC (Canada), and dozens more.

  4. Report to the platform that delivered the scam.

    For SMS, forward the message to your carrier's spam reporting shortcode. For email, use the "report phishing" option in your mail client. For social or marketplace scams, use the platform's built-in report feature — that is what gets accounts removed.

Reporting by scam type

Report a scam in 60 seconds

Paste the message into the checker and choose "report this as a scam". We store scrubbed private evidence; only confirmed, masked groups appear in the public feed.

Open the scam checker and report a scam