Acceptable use policy

Effective November 10, 2026 · Part of the Terms of service

You may use FightScammers to

• Document scam communications sent to you or to decoy identities you control
• Generate and send factual reports to official abuse desks, registrars, threat-intelligence repositories and national fraud authorities
• Plant canary tokens in your own accounts, documents and sign-up forms
• Operate inbound-only decoy personas and draft replies you personally send
• Educate others about scam patterns

You must not use FightScammers to

• Access, probe or disrupt any computer system without authorization
• Send traffic, requests or payloads designed to overwhelm a target
• Publish, threaten to publish, or facilitate the publication of anyone's personal information
• Initiate contact with any person who has not first contacted your decoy identity
• Transmit malware, or request anything of value from a scammer (money, credentials, files)
• Harass, defame, discriminate against, or menace any person, including suspected scammers
• Submit evidence you know to be fabricated, or reports you know to be false
• Violate any applicable law, including sanctions and export controls

Enforcement

First violations usually get a warning; serious violations (the "must not" list above) result in immediate suspension or deletion. We preserve records where legally required and may cooperate with law enforcement through lawful process. Report misuse: csr@fightscammers.com.

Content standards for personas and letters

Persona backstories and drafted letters must never include real personal data, threats, sexual content, or impersonation of real specific individuals or of law enforcement. Bots stay in-character as confused private individuals, and never claim authority they do not have.