Where to report a scam

Most reports go to someone who cannot act on them. Find the party that can: the host can remove the page, the registrar can suspend the name, and a blocklist can put a warning in front of everyone else.

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• Alibaba Cloud

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• Alibaba Cloud Domains

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Amazon AWS

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• APWG

  Industry anti-phishing working group — feeds many blocklists.

• Cloudflare Registrar

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Cloudflare

  CDN and proxy, and the host of Cloudflare Pages (*.pages.dev) sites.

  *.pages.dev

• Contabo

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• DigitalOcean

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• Dynadot

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• eNom

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Fastly

  CDN — fronts the site and can identify the real host.

• 7726 scam text and call reporting

  A free UK number for reporting scam text messages and phone calls.

• National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

  The UK's National Cyber Security Centre, which investigates and removes scam email addresses and websites that people report.

• Police Scotland

  Scotland's national police service; if you live in Scotland or the fraud happened there, report it to them rather than Report Fraud.

• Report Fraud

  The national service for reporting fraud and cyber crime to the police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, run by City of London Police; it replaced Action Fraud.

• GitHub

  Code hosting and GitHub Pages sites.

  *.github.io

• GName

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• GoDaddy Hosting

  Shared hosting provider.

• GoDaddy

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Google Cloud

  Hosting provider — runs the servers, including Firebase Hosting sites.

  *.web.app *.firebaseapp.com

• Google Safe Browsing

  Blocklist — warns Chrome, Firefox and Safari users away from the site.

• Hetzner

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• Hostinger Domains

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Hostinger

  Shared hosting provider.

• AduanKonten.id

  Komdigi's complaint service for reporting websites, social media content and games that break Indonesian law, including scam sites.

• CekRekening.id

  The communications ministry's official service for checking and reporting bank accounts suspected of being used for fraud.

• Indonesia Anti-Scam Centre (IASC)

  Indonesia's national anti-scam centre, run with the financial services authority (OJK), where victims report scams that cost them money.

• Patroli Siber (Bareskrim Polri)

  The official site of the Indonesian National Police cyber crime directorate (Dittipidsiber Bareskrim Polri) for reporting online fraud and other cyber crime.

• Chakshu (Sanchar Saathi)

  The Department of Telecommunications' service for reporting suspected fraud calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages.

• National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal

  India's national portal for reporting cybercrime, run by I4C under the Ministry of Home Affairs; call 1930 straight away if money was taken.

• Akamai / Linode

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• MarkMonitor Inc.

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Microsoft Azure

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• Microsoft SmartScreen

  Blocklist — warns Edge users away from the site.

• Namecheap Hosting

  Shared hosting provider.

• Namecheap

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Netcraft

  Takedown service — pursues removal with the host and registrar.

• Netlify

  Static hosting platform.

  *.netlify.app

• Network Solutions

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Oracle Cloud

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• OVHcloud

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• PDR Ltd. (PublicDomainRegistry)

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Porkbun

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Shopify

  Storefront platform — common for fake shops.

  *.myshopify.com

• Squarespace Domains

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• Squarespace

  Website builder — hosts the page content.

• Tucows

  Domain registrar — can suspend the domain name itself.

• 7726 (SPAM) text reporting

  Forwarding a spam text to 7726 (SPAM) reports it to your wireless provider so it can spot and block similar messages.

• ReportFraud.ftc.gov

  The Federal Trade Commission's site for reporting fraud, scams and bad business practices; reports are shared with over 2,000 law enforcement partners.

• FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

  The FBI's central point for collecting complaints about cyber-enabled crime, including online fraud and scams.

• Vercel

  Static hosting platform.

  *.vercel.app

• Vultr

  Hosting provider — runs the servers the site is served from.

• Wix

  Website builder — hosts the page content.

  *.wixsite.com