{"id":15,"date":"2026-10-15T09:39:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scamradar-platform-stage.65.109.100.156.sslip.io\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:39:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:39:40","slug":"scamradar-phone-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/scamradar-phone-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"ScamRadar &#8211; Understanding suspicious phone number results"},"content":{"rendered":"<section lang=\"en\">\n<p><strong>NOT VERIFIED does not mean safe.<\/strong> ScamRadar cannot currently certify that a phone number is safe. A technically valid number format does not verify the caller&#8217;s identity, and caller ID can be spoofed.<\/p>\n<h2>Understanding the result<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NOT VERIFIED:<\/strong> no sufficient evidence of safety or fraud. Do not trust a caller solely because no alert appeared.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SUSPICIOUS:<\/strong> warning signals require independent verification. This is not a finding that a number&#8217;s owner committed fraud.<\/li>\n<li><strong>HIGH RISK:<\/strong> serious warning signals were found. Stop before paying or sharing sensitive details and contact the organization independently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to do with a suspicious call or SMS<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Hang up if the caller demands immediate payment, banking details, passwords or one-time codes.<\/li>\n<li>Find the institution&#8217;s contact number yourself on its official website, not from the caller ID or a message link.<\/li>\n<li>Never install remote access software because a caller asks you to.<\/li>\n<li>If you paid or gave bank details, contact your bank promptly and keep your evidence privately.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Official reporting and help<\/h2>\n<p>United States: the <a href=\"https:\/\/consumer.ftc.gov\/articles\/phone-scams\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FTC phone scam guide<\/a> explains prevention and recovery. The <a href=\"https:\/\/consumercomplaints.fcc.gov\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115002234203-Unwanted-Calls-Texts-Phone\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FCC accepts unwanted-call and text complaints<\/a>. A consumer complaint does not establish that a phone owner committed fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Poland: forward a suspicious SMS unchanged to CERT Polska at <strong>8080<\/strong>. For other cyber incidents, use <a href=\"https:\/\/incydent.cert.pl\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CERT Polska&#8217;s official reporting form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More help: <a href=\"\/index.php\/scamradar-recovery\/\">ScamRadar recovery guide<\/a> and <a href=\"\/index.php\/scamradar-official-alerts\/\">official institutional alerts<\/a>. <a href=\"\/index.php\/scamradar-numer-telefonu\/\" lang=\"pl\" hreflang=\"pl\">Czytaj po polsku<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source review: 15 October 2026. ScamRadar does not currently provide a comprehensive independently verified database of fraudulent phone numbers. Missing data is not a guarantee of safety.<\/small><\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOT VERIFIED does not mean safe. ScamRadar cannot currently certify that a phone number is safe. A technically valid number format does not verify the caller&#8217;s identity, and caller ID can be spoofed. Understanding the result NOT VERIFIED: no sufficient evidence of safety or fraud. Do not trust a caller solely because no alert appeared. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scamerta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}