Truecaller launches Scam Checker to flag scam links and numbers on the open web

Truecaller has launched Scam Checker, a web and Android service that lets users paste a suspicious phone number, link, or message to check if it's fraudulent, with no app or sign-in required. The free tool debuts in India and will expand to Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, and Southeast Asia.

• Scam Checker works on the web and Android without a sign-in
• It expands shortened URLs and checks them against a proprietary risk database
• ScamFeed has about 20,000 scam reports in India, with ~1,300 added weekly
• Between Sept 14 and 20, it evaluated 12.9B messages and flagged 20.3M as fraudulent