First-hour checklist
Contain the loss: bank freeze, password lock-down, evidence pack, then the official report. Includes the recovery-scam warning.
Been scammed? Follow the checklist. Then report.
Scammers industrialise urgency. Scam Smash is the opposite: a calm directory of government reporting desks, victim-support lines, banks' first moves, and the patterns behind almost every con.
What's going on?
Pick the one that fits. Each leads somewhere specific, not just another menu.
π¨ Urgent
I've been scammed
Tell me what to do right now.
π Not sure yetIs this a scam?
Help me check something suspicious before I act.
π AccountMy account was hacked
Help me lock it down.
π³ MoneyI lost money
Show me the right recovery steps for how I paid.
π‘οΈ PreventionCheck my security
Get my personal cyber-resilience score.
π Official helpFind help where I live
Trusted organisations for your country.
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people have used a Scam Smash tool since 31 August 2026. This counts actual use of the first-hour checklist, health check, or evidence pack, once per visit, not page views or claims about outcomes.
Free Β· 5 minutes Β· runs in your browser
Know where you actually stand before you need to
Thirty questions covering passwords, accounts, and scam-resistant habits. A score out of 100 and the single highest-leverage fix for you, calculated on your own device.
Take the health check β
Social media account hacked?
Go straight to the platform's own free recovery tool below. Anyone offering to recover it for a fee is not affiliated with the platform and is very likely a second scam.
After you regain access: change your password, turn on two-factor authentication, and check your account security settings for anything you don't recognise.
Report β recoverOfficial portals collect intelligence. Banks and card schemes handle most refunds.
Speed still mattersWires, crypto and instant payments have a short freeze window. Hours, not weeks.
Shame is the toolScammers isolate victims. A second trusted voice breaks the script.
What you get here
Three jobs, kept separate on purpose. Mixing "education" with "send us your case" is how fake recovery sites operate.
Official desks only, by country
FTC, IC3, Report Fraud, Scamwatch, CAFC, Netsafe, Garda, ScamShield, cybercrime.gov.in / 1930, CICC 1326, ADCC, EFCC and more, searchable by country.
People, not portals
AARP Fraud Watch, IDCARE, Age UK, MoneyHelper, National Debt Helpline and the other services that actually pick up the phone.
AI scams, covered specifically
Cloned voices, deepfake video calls, virtual kidnapping and fake AI tool downloads. What they sound and look like, and the one check that still catches them.
Free exposure checks
Have I Been Pwned, Pwned Passwords, and official Google, Microsoft and Apple account security reviews. All free, all outbound to the real thing.
Where you actually stand
Thirty questions, five minutes, calculated in your browser. A score out of 100 and the single highest-leverage fix for you.
Covered in this release
Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese, with 31 countries and counting.
Americas
United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados.
Europe
United Kingdom (Report Fraud replaced Action Fraud on 4 December 2025), Ireland, Spain, Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, and Malta.
Asia-Pacific
Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, India, Philippines.
Africa
South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, plus international ICPEN / econsumer.gov for everywhere else.
Recovery scams target people who already lost money. A "specialist," "task force," or "lawyer" who found you after the first hit and wants crypto, gift cards, or a retainer to "release" funds is almost never real. Official agencies do not charge victims to file a report. Read the full warning.