Before you trust, check for warning signs
Met someone online – on a dating app, in a Marketplace deal, through a rental listing or a job offer? Veritaza checks the person's photos, messages, number, email, name and ID, and shows you if there are signs of a scam.
₱199 per report
Veritaza looks for warning signs. It cannot catch every scammer. If we find nothing, that is a good sign, but not proof.
Never send money, gifts or load to someone you only met online. Huwag kailanman magpadala ng pera, regalo o load sa taong nakilala mo lang sa internet.
How it works
Send us what you have: profile photos, the mobile number, the email, the name or username, parts of the chat and, if the person sent you one, a photo of their ID.
Pay ₱199 with GCash.
We run seven checks and email you the link to your report, usually within a few minutes.
The seven checks
1. The photos
We look for the same photo elsewhere on the internet. Photos stolen from someone else are a classic sign of a scam.
2. The messages
We search for the same lines on the internet. Scammers often copy the same script and send it to many people.
3. Number and email
We check if the number or the email shows up on scam lists, if the number is virtual, and which country it is from.
4. Scam cases and complaints
We search for the name in news, forums and warning sites together with words like "estafa", "scam" and "arrested", with the link so you can confirm if it is the same person.
5. Other checks
We show you how many people have already checked the same photos or the same number on Veritaza, and how many said the person asked them for money.
6. Name and username
We search for the name and the username together with words like "scammer", "scam" and "budol" in news, forums and warning pages.
7. The ID
If the person sent you a photo of their PhilID, UMID, driver's license or passport, we look for signs of tampering and check if the PhilSys number has a possible format. We never say that an ID is genuine.
What we never do
- We never show an address, where the person lives, a partner or family.
- We do not use face recognition.
- We never tell the person that you checked them.
- We do not publish lists of people.
What happens to what you send
The photos, numbers, texts and the report are deleted after 30 days. We only keep a digital fingerprint of the photos and numbers (a code that cannot be turned back into the photo or the number) for 2 years, so the next person knows if others have already checked the same profile. Read more.
Veritaza on your phone
Save Veritaza to your home screen: it opens like an app – no app store, nothing to install.