About The Scam Exposed

Most of these listings start the same way: someone got a call, an email, or a text that felt off, and they went looking for answers. The Scam Exposed exists to give them one. We track phone numbers, email addresses, and websites tied to reported scams, and we explain the mechanics behind each one so people can spot the pattern the next time it shows up in a different disguise.

We're not here to scare anyone. The goal is a straight answer, delivered in plain language, so you can decide what to do next without wading through jargon or guesswork. Whether you're checking a number that just called your parents or trying to understand a scam making the rounds this week, that's what this site is built for.

The Scam Exposed is operated independently from India and written mainly for readers in the United States. Scam calls and phishing emails don't stop at a border, so readers also reach us from Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and beyond.

Our Mission

Make scam awareness free and easy to act on, for anyone who needs it, in the moment they need it.

Fraud spreads fast because it counts on people not recognizing the script until it's too late. We work against that by breaking scams down in plain terms: how they open, what they ask for, and the exact moment you should hang up, delete, or close the tab.

What We Do

The Scam Exposed builds practical, checkable resources, not just articles to read once and forget.

• Help users research suspicious phone numbers.
• Provide information about scam emails and phishing attempts.
• Review potentially fraudulent websites and online threats.
• Publish educational articles covering the latest scam trends.
• Share community submitted scam reports for awareness purposes.
• Direct users to official government fraud reporting resources.
• Educate consumers about online safety and scam prevention.

How We Gather Information

Every listing on this site is built from a mix of sources: official government data, cybersecurity publications, trusted news reporting, consumer protection organizations, and reports submitted directly by our readers.

Community submissions go through review before they're published, so the record stays useful rather than noisy. Even so, no website can catch every number, email, or scam message the moment it appears, scammers change tactics faster than any single source can track.

Treat what you find here as a strong signal, not a final verdict. Always verify independently before making a payment, downloading software, sharing personal details, or granting remote access to your device.

Our Editorial Standards

We write to inform, not to alarm. Every article aims to be clear, factual, and free of sensational language, so readers walk away understanding a scam rather than just feeling worried about it. Where it matters, we point people to official sources to verify what they've read and to the right agency to report what happened to them.

What We Know and What We Do Not

• What we know: how many complaints have been filed about a number or website, when, and what people said the calls or messages were about. This comes from public FTC and FCC complaint data, plus what readers have shared with us.
• What we check: every figure in our articles against its original source, and every reader report before it appears.
• What we cannot verify: who is really behind a phone number or website. Numbers can be spoofed, and a complaint is one person's account of what happened.
• What we never claim: that a person or business has committed a crime, unless a court or government agency has said so.

Our Independence

The Scam Exposed is independently owned and operated. We are not affiliated with Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta, financial institutions, telecommunications providers, government agencies, law enforcement organizations, or any company discussed on this website.

All trademarks, logos, company names, and brand names mentioned on this website remain the property of their respective owners and are used solely for identification, commentary, educational purposes, and consumer awareness.

Who Runs This Site

I'm Nitesh Kumar Gupta, and I founded The Scam Exposed. I write and edit every article published here, and I'm personally responsible for all of it.

My background and my limits. I've spent more than 14 years working in SEO, Google Ads, web analytics and digital marketing, including SEO leadership roles at NewsPR Today, Bimakaro.in and Ken Research. I'm not a fraud investigator, lawyer or banking professional, and nothing on this site is legal or financial advice. What I do is read public data from the Federal Trade Commission, the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center and Department of Justice enforcement filings, explain it in plain language, and link you to those official sources so you can check every claim yourself. You can see my professional background on LinkedIn.

Nobody pays me to change what's here. I don't accept payment to add, change or remove any listing or article. If you want something corrected or removed, it goes through my corrections policy, and I judge it on whether the information is accurate, not on who is asking.

How the site is set up. I run The Scam Exposed as a sole proprietorship from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. It's registered as a micro enterprise on the Government of India MSME Udyam portal (Udyam Registration No. UDYAM-UP-48-0000250). It isn't a company, so the editorial responsibility for everything here rests with me. Most of my readers are in the United States, which is why every guide points to U.S. government agencies for reporting and help.

I make every editorial decision myself. No advertiser, agency or third party directs what I publish.

Contact us at [email protected] or through our contact page. If you believe something on this site is wrong, our corrections policy explains how to tell us and how quickly we respond.

The Scam Exposed does not currently run advertising and does not use affiliate links. If that ever changes, we will update our advertising disclosure and affiliate disclosure first, and label anything paid clearly. Neither would influence which numbers, websites or businesses are reported on, or what we write about them. How our trust score is calculated is explained on our methodology page.

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Important Notice

The Scam Exposed is an independent educational platform. The information available on this website is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered legal, financial, cybersecurity, investigative, or professional advice.

A clean search result does not guarantee that a phone number, website, email address, business, or message is safe or trustworthy. Likewise, the presence of reports should not be treated as final proof of fraud without additional verification of your own.

Always use your own judgment and verify information through official sources before sharing personal information, sending money, downloading software, or allowing anyone to access your computer or mobile device remotely.

Working Together Against Scams

Scammers keep changing their approach, but an informed reader is still the hardest target to fool. Every article we publish and every report shared by our community adds one more warning that helps someone else recognize the same attempt before it works on them.

If one person reads something here and holds onto their savings, their information, or just their peace of mind because of it, this site has done its job.