Stand against online scams.
Two years of people looking out for each other, built with your checks, reports and feedback.
Entirely optional. Reading published reports stays free either way.
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You can give $5, $10 or an amount you choose, in US dollars, once or every month. One-time amounts are $2 to $1,000; monthly amounts are whole dollars, $2 to $500. Payments are processed by PayPal: you see the exact terms for your choice and confirm the amount before anything is charged. No ScamMinder account is needed — right after you pay you get a private page for your receipt, where monthly support can be cancelled. You pay on PayPal’s page with a PayPal account or, where PayPal offers it, a debit or credit card without creating a PayPal account; when this page shows card fields, they are provided by PayPal and ScamMinder never receives your card number or security code. Monthly support repeats until you cancel, and you can cancel online at any time.
ScamMinder checks unfamiliar websites and messages and explains what it finds, and its published reports are free for anyone to read. Doing that carefully takes steady, patient work. If it has been useful to you, you can help keep it going.
What your support keeps going
- Careful detection. Running, checking and improving the analysis behind every website and message report, so a result is something you can reason with.
- Useful tools. The website checker, the scam-message checker and the browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, kept working and improving.
- Practical guidance. Plain-language guides about how scams work and what to do next, written for people rather than for experts.
- People in the loop. Time for staff to look at disputes and reports, and to correct a result when the evidence says it is wrong.
Plainly stated
- Support is voluntary. Reading published reports stays free whether or not you give.
- Support never changes how any website is rated, and never affects a dispute or a verification.
- ScamMinder AI Trust LLC is a business. Support is not presented as a charitable donation, and no charitable tax-deduction receipt is issued.
Questions
Is this a donation to a charity?
No. Support goes to ScamMinder AI Trust LLC, a business. It is voluntary support for the work, not a charitable donation, and we do not issue charitable tax-deduction receipts.
Does supporting ScamMinder change any rating?
Never. Ratings, disputes and verification are decided on evidence. Supporters get no ranking, review or verification benefit.
Can I pay by card without a PayPal account?
Where PayPal offers it. When this page shows card fields on the payment step, you can type a debit or credit card there: the fields are provided by PayPal, what you type goes straight to PayPal, and ScamMinder never receives your card number or security code. For monthly support paid that way we keep a reference to the saved card with its brand, last four digits and expiry month, and nothing else about the card. When this page shows no card fields, payment happens on PayPal’s page: for a one-time contribution we ask PayPal to show its debit or credit card option to people who do not have a PayPal account, and for monthly support PayPal may ask you to log in or create a PayPal account. Which options you are shown depends on PayPal, your country and your card, so we cannot promise any of them.
How do I cancel monthly support?
Online, at any time. If you gave without an account, use your private support page — its link is shown right after you pay and is in every receipt we email. If you were signed in, use your ScamMinder account. Monthly support set up through PayPal can also be cancelled from your PayPal account; monthly support paid by card on this page is cancelled here only. There is no form to explain yourself and nobody to call. Cancelling stops future renewals; a payment that was already being processed may still complete.
Can I change the monthly amount?
Yes. For monthly support set up through PayPal, change it from your private support page or your account: PayPal asks you to approve the new amount, and your current amount stays in force until you do. For monthly support paid by card on this page, cancel it and start again with the new amount or the new card: that is a new plan, and its first payment is due when you confirm it. Nothing is charged by cancelling.
Will I get a receipt?
Yes. Each time a payment actually settles, a receipt is available to download from your private support page (or your account, if you were signed in). Without an account, it is also emailed to the address PayPal gives us for the payer, when PayPal gives one — a card payment usually gives none, and you can add an address on your private support page afterwards. With an account, it is emailed to your account email address once that address is verified.
What if I gave by mistake?
Write to support@scamminder.com from the address your receipt was sent to, or tell us the receipt reference, and we will look at it with you.
Do I need a ScamMinder account?
No. You choose an amount, agree to the terms and continue to PayPal — or pay by card here, when this page shows card fields. There is nothing to sign up for and no email to type first. Right after you pay you get a private link to a page with your receipt, where monthly support can be cancelled (and, for a PayPal plan, changed); we can send that link again to the address your receipts go to. If you are signed in to a ScamMinder account, your support is kept there instead.
Other ways to help
- Check before you trust. Look up a site you are unsure about. Every check adds to what the next person can see. Check a website
- Use the browser extension. See ScamMinder’s result for the site you are on, in Chrome or Firefox. About the extension
- Share a guide. Send a practical guide to someone who might need it before they need it. Read the guides
Looking for help with a scam or with your account instead? Contact us or get expert help.
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