ScamShield

About ScamShield

More than 820,000 people have downloaded the ScamShield App to block scam SMSes and calls.

ScamShield, a new mobile app, has been launched to fight scam messages and calls which plague mobile phone users. Developed by the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC), in collaboration with Open Government Products (OGP), a division of the Government Technology Agency and the Singapore Police Force, the app was launched on 20 November 2020 by Mr Desmond Tan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment.

Blocking of Scam Messages and Calls

More than 7 million suspicious SMSes have been reported as scams. Calls from more than 70,000 blacklisted phone numbers have been blocked by the ScamShield app

ScamShield actively works in the background to filter scam messages and calls from numbers used in illegal activities. This will greatly reduce the prospect of people being contacted by scammers. Only incoming SMSes from unknown contacts go through ScamShield. Scam messages are filtered and sent into the phone’s junk folder. Only identified scam messages and numbers will be blocked. Calls from these blocked numbers will not be shown to ScamShield users.

Privacy Safeguards

ScamShield does not have any access to data from people in your contact list. Only messages sent by unknown numbers will be read by your device, and only those identified as scam will be sent to NCPC for collation. ScamShield also does not have any access to your location or any personal data. The app does not require users to register with their mobile phone number and hence will not be able to identify any users.

Download

Scamshield is available on IOS and Andriod devices. Click on the link to download it now! For more information, please visit https://www.scamshield.org.sg/