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Integrate ScammersCheck into your product

Retrieve previously saved ScammersCheck result records programmatically. The API does not run a new scan: a result must already exist on the website.

100 requests per hour

Shared rate limit across single and bulk lookups

Cached result lookup

Retrieve saved verdicts and result summaries; no new scan is triggered

Single and bulk endpoints

X-API-Key authentication; bulk lookup supports up to 50 entities

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100 API requests per hour
Cached result summary in JSON
Scam type taxonomy tagging
Bulk lookup for up to 50 entities
REST endpoints: GET and POST /api/v1/check

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API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://www.scammerscheck.com/api/v1/check/:entityPOST https://www.scammerscheck.com/api/v1/check { "entities": ["..."] }

Headers

X-API-Key: sc_your_api_key_here

Lookup behaviour

The API retrieves saved website results. It does not call the detection engine. A single lookup returns 404 when no result exists; a valid bulk request returns an error item for each missing entity. Rate limit: 100 requests per hour per API key. Maximum bulk size: 50 entities.

Verdicts

known_threat

Authoritative threat evidence returned

high_risk

Multiple strong risk indicators

suspicious

Some risk indicators; review context

no_threats_found

No known threat found; not a safety guarantee

unable_to_check

Insufficient returned data

Example response

{
  "slug": "07911123456",
  "entity": "07911123456",
  "entityType": "phone",
  "verdict": "high_risk",
  "riskScore": 78,
  "scamType": "bank_fraud",
  "scamReports": 12,
  "safeReports": 1,
  "explanation": "...",
  "checkedAt": "2026-06-26T20:00:00.000Z"
}

Code Examples

curl -H "X-API-Key: sc_your_key_here" \
  https://www.scammerscheck.com/api/v1/check/07911123456

Replace sc_your_key_here with your API key and 07911123456 with an entity that already has a saved result on ScammersCheck. This API retrieves cached records; it does not trigger a new scan.