ScamCheck

ScamCheck is a website which you can use to protect yourself against scams.

You can see a legitimacy rating for every project. The rating is based on votes from people whom you follow on Twitter. The rating can’t be manipulated by creating sockpuppet accounts, since you won’t be following them.

ScamCheck assumes that you trust people whom you follow on Twitter. You can exclude some accounts that you follow for other reasons (via ScamCheck settings).

How it works

1. You open ScamCheck.
2. You enter project URL into search box.
3. You see the project rating based on votes from people in your network.

Want to protect yourself from scams?

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Vote manipulation protection

ScamCheck displays a personal rating based on votes from Twitter accounts that you follow. That means it can’t be manipulated by creating fake accounts, since you won’t be following them.

Rating calculation

1. Get Twitter accounts that you follow.
2. Get their votes.
3. Divide the number of “legit” votes by number of “total” votes.
4. Display the rating as percentage.

Features

1. Chrome extension: see the project rating on exchange market page + check the badge with rating on website + get a warning overlay if website is a scam + see the rating inside CoinMarketCap page.
2. Website badge: “Check us on ScamCheck” if unauthenticated / “ScamCheck rating: X%” if authenticated (meaning authentication on ScamCheck itself, not website)
3. Extra statuses: “FUD” for fake news, “High Risk” for gambling projects (which are not an outright scam, but are designed to suck your money over long term)
4. Entity extraction: match on usernames from Twitter / Facebook / GitHub links + match on domains from other website URLs.
5. Entity linking: see the same votes on project website, GitHub repository, Facebook account, Twitter account, Binance market…

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FAQ

What if nobody has voted on project yet?

You can ask your friends to provide their opinion on the project. This is done using a special link that you can share publicly or privately.

Is the rating subjective?

Yes, the rating is inherently subjective. For example, it will classify Bitcoin Cash as “scam” or “legit” depending on which camp you follow. There is no global ScamCheck rating — only your personal rating based on ScamCheck data.

We believe this is “a feature, not a bug”, because subjectivity is better than censorship.

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