A small extension that shows ScamMinder’s result for the website you are on, and lets you check a suspicious message without leaving the page.
Add to Chrome Add to Firefox
Both buttons open the official store listing in a new tab. Installing happens in the store, not here.
What it does
- A result where you are. Open the extension on a site to see whether ScamMinder already has a report for it, and what that report says.
- Check a new site when you ask. “Analyze now” starts a fresh check of the site you are on. It only runs when you press it.
- Check a suspicious message. Paste a text, email or chat message you are unsure about and get an explanation of the warning signs.
- Report or dispute. Open ScamMinder’s report or dispute page for the current site in one step.
What it sends, in plain words
- It does not read what you type into other websites’ forms, your passwords or your private messages.
- Automatic checking is off by default: the extension checks a site when you open it and ask. You can turn automatic checks on yourself, and the browser asks you for that permission first.
- You choose a privacy mode for lookups. In the default mode a lookup sends the first four characters of a one-way hash of the site’s name rather than the name itself. “Local only” sends nothing about the sites you visit. The optional “Full page check” sends the site and the page path.
- Every request also carries a random installation ID created when you install it, and the extension’s version. The ID identifies an installation, not a person — but if you connect your ScamMinder account, requests also carry your extension key, so we do not describe a connected extension as anonymous.
- Pressing “Analyze now” always sends the site’s hostname, in every mode, because that is what the button is for — and the result becomes that site’s ordinary public report.
- A message is sent to ScamMinder only when you paste it into “Check a message” yourself.
- It talks to scamminder.com only. There are no advertising or analytics scripts in the extension.
The extension section of the Privacy Policy has the full detail.
What it cannot do
- It is not complete protection. Unless you turn automatic checks on, it only looks at a site when you ask, and a site with no report yet shows “Not checked yet”, not “safe”.
- A result is information to help you decide. It is not a guarantee about any website.
- It is built for current versions of Chrome and Edge (148 or later) and Firefox (140 or later). Other browsers are not supported.
Installing it
- Choose your browser above. The store listing opens in a new tab.
- Press the store’s own install button and confirm the permissions it shows you.
- Pin the ScamMinder icon to your toolbar, then open it on any site.