Truecaller has launched Scam Checker, a web and Android service that allows users to verify suspicious phone numbers, links, or messages without requiring an account. The tool utilizes data from the company's community-driven ScamFeed to identify potential fraud.
The service is currently available in India and is scheduled for expansion into Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. While the tool is free for consumers, the company also leverages community reports to enhance its enterprise fraud products.
The platform functions by expanding shortened URLs and following redirects to analyze final destinations against a proprietary risk database. It also extracts contact information from messages to cross-reference with community-submitted scam reports.
Truecaller reports that its ScamFeed currently hosts approximately 20 000 active scam reports in India, with about 1 300 new entries added weekly. Globally, the company evaluated 12,9 billion messages between September 14 and 20, flagging 20,3 million as fraudulent.
This expansion follows increased competition in the caller ID space, including the implementation of government-backed identification services in India and built-in spam protection from Apple and Google. The company plans to add screenshot analysis to the tool soon.
