Why us?

ScamShield prioritises your safety and peace of mind, while empowering users to work together as a community to tackle scams. Here's why you should choose us:

1. Collaboration with Anti-Scam Authorities: ScamShield collaborates with agencies working to combat scams. Together we build a robust algorithm that validates if a message, call or link could potentially be a scam. ScamShield also allows users to submit scam reports that will be sent to the Singapore Police Force. If the information in the scam report is deemed suspicious by the police, ScamShield will block the associated phone numbers and links.

2. Free of Charge: ScamShield is entirely free and empowers individuals in the community to stay protected without any financial barriers.

3. Tailored to Singapore: Designed specifically to tackle scams prevalent in Singapore by creating a unified platform to educate residents on the scam landscape in Singapore.

4. AI-Powered: ScamShield leverages cutting edge technology to detect and categorise various types of scams while keeping your safety and privacy in mind.

The scam landscape is constantly evolving

Based on Mid-Year Scams and Cybercrime Statistics 2023, in the first half of 2023 alone, $334.5 Million was the total amount lost to scams in Singapore.

Job scams, e-commerce scams, fake friend call scams, phishing scams and investment scams were the top five scam types in the first half of 2023. These made up 83.8% of all scam cases reported during that period.

29.4% of scam cases involved contact via messaging platforms, compared to 23.6% in the same period last year, with about 70.5% of the cases via WhatsApp, and 24.1% via Telegram.

To keep up with the rapid changes in the nature of scams, we must work together to fortify our defence against scammers.