Scamalytics IP is a tool that crowdsources online safety, “one IP address at a time”. Sysadmins and webmasters report suspicious IPs and the tool then checks them against other reports – including DDoS attacks, spamming, fraud, SQL injections, account takeover attempts, etc.
The result is a human-readable score for the IP, together with information such as true country, operator, proxy status and blacklists. The service is available as a manual search or via API and pricing starts at $25 for 25,000 checks.
Identifying IP Abuse: Protecting Against Malicious Activity
Scamalytics also publishes a list of 100 high risk ISPs for dating fraud, based on their reported levels of scammer activity. These can be used to supplement existing ISP blacklists to improve online dating or adjacent platform user reassurance and security. This article was originally published in 2019 and has been updated to reflect recent changes in the tool’s operation.