Share your scam story
Almost caught one? Actually got caught? Either way, your story could stop the next person from losing money.
Doesn't matter if it was $5 or $50,000. If it taught you something, it's worth sharing. Scammers reuse the same scripts on thousands of people, and the more of those scripts are out in the open, the harder they are to run.
Submit your story
Takes about two minutes. Stay anonymous if you want. We never sell your data.
Share my story Reports are reviewed before anything is published, and nothing you submit is used to flag a person until it has been checked.What happens to your story
- It helps the next search. Once a report is verified, the name, number or website in it can surface when someone else checks the same scammer. That is the whole point of ScamCatchers: a report you file today can be the warning someone else sees next week.
- It may be featured. We share real scam stories on social media as "Scam Story of the Week." We only feature a story with your explicit permission, and we keep identifying details out unless you tell us otherwise.
- It stays anonymous. You do not have to give your name. If you do, it is never shown publicly without your consent.
What makes a story useful
You do not need to write well. You need to be specific about the parts that would help someone else recognize the same trick:
- How they first reached you (dating app, text, email, marketplace listing, phone call, social media DM)
- What they said they were, and what they asked for
- The moment it felt off, even if you did not act on it
- The name, phone number, email, website or profile they used, if you still have it
- What you did next, and what you wish you had done sooner
Not sure if it was a scam?
If it is still going on and you are not certain, check first. Every ScamCatchers search starts from the home page and the first one is free: check a person, look up a phone number, verify a business, check an online store, or paste the conversation and let the analyzer look for the usual scripts.