Live numbers · updated November 11, 2026

Online scam statistics

What we see when we check websites for scams: how many sites are risky, which domain endings scammers prefer, where they register and host their websites, and how busy our checker is. Free to cite — please link to this page.

15,793
Websites checked
13,650
Rated High Risk or Suspicious (86.4%)
215
Fake brand websites caught
16,026
Checks in the last 30 days

How risky are the websites we check?

  • High Risk 7,362 (46.6%)
  • Suspicious 6,288 (39.8%)
  • Uncertain 1,052 (6.7%)
  • Low Risk 1,091 (6.9%)

Average Scam Score: 69.1 / 100. See the latest scam websites or the latest safe websites.

Website checks per day (last 30 days)

0 1,500 3,000 Oct 13: 0 checks Oct 13 Oct 14: 0 checks Oct 15: 0 checks Oct 16: 0 checks Oct 17: 0 checks Oct 18: 0 checks Oct 19: 0 checks Oct 20: 0 checks Oct 21: 0 checks Oct 22: 0 checks Oct 23: 0 checks Oct 24: 0 checks Oct 25: 0 checks Oct 26: 0 checks Oct 27: 0 checks Oct 27 Oct 28: 0 checks Oct 29: 607 checks Oct 29: 607 checks Oct 30: 2,703 checks Oct 30: 2,703 checks Oct 31: 1,077 checks Oct 31: 1,077 checks Nov 1: 1,519 checks Nov 1: 1,519 checks Nov 2: 295 checks Nov 2: 295 checks Nov 3: 1,698 checks Nov 3: 1,698 checks Nov 4: 988 checks Nov 4: 988 checks Nov 5: 1,523 checks Nov 5: 1,523 checks Nov 6: 1,240 checks Nov 6: 1,240 checks Nov 7: 918 checks Nov 7: 918 checks Nov 8: 1,171 checks Nov 8: 1,171 checks Nov 9: 796 checks Nov 9: 796 checks Nov 10: 758 checks Nov 10: 758 checks Nov 11: 733 checks Nov 11: 733 checks Nov 11
16,026 checks in 30 days, busiest day: 2,703 checks.
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Nov 11, 2026733
Nov 10, 2026758
Nov 9, 2026796
Nov 8, 20261,171
Nov 7, 2026918
Nov 6, 20261,240
Nov 5, 20261,523
Nov 4, 2026988
Nov 3, 20261,698
Nov 2, 2026295
Nov 1, 20261,519
Oct 31, 20261,077
Oct 30, 20262,703
Oct 29, 2026607
Oct 28, 20260
Oct 27, 20260
Oct 26, 20260
Oct 25, 20260
Oct 24, 20260
Oct 23, 20260
Oct 22, 20260
Oct 21, 20260
Oct 20, 20260
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Riskiest domain endings

EndingRated High RiskWebsites
.bond 100% 12
.name 100% 6
.beer 100% 4
.forum 100% 4
.global 100% 4
.services 100% 3
.lol 96.3% 27
.quest 93.9% 49
.digital 93.2% 59
.buzz 91.9% 74
.autos 85.7% 7
.fit 83.3% 12
.cyou 81.2% 165
.company 80% 5
.hr 80% 5
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Where scammers register their websites

Registered withRisky websitesOf all checked
NameCheap, Inc. 1,926 95.3%
Spaceship, Inc. 1,128 98.2%
GoDaddy.com, LLC 833 88.7%
Dynadot Inc 1,047 99%
HOSTINGER operations, UAB 656 95.9%
IONOS SE 313 98.4%
NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED 254 98.1%
Cloudflare, Inc. 590 91.9%
Tucows Domains Inc. 457 91%
NameSilo, LLC 206 90.7%
Name.com, Inc. 290 95.4%
Key-Systems GmbH 144 96%
PDR Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com 138 97.2%
Dominet (HK) Limited 140 97.9%
Devexpanse Ltd d/b/a Regery.com 114 100%

Hosting countries

CountryRisky websitesWebsites
United States 86.6% 10,840
Germany 84.3% 1,023
Cyprus 94.6% 837
Russia 89.7% 419
China 66.9% 363
France 89.3% 319
Israel 95.2% 228
Hong Kong SAR China 88.6% 211
United Kingdom 90.4% 166
Italy 95.7% 141
Netherlands 69.8% 96
Poland 91.7% 96
Iran 71.4% 56
South Africa 59.3% 54
Brazil 90.6% 53

Scams by category

CategoryRisky websitesWebsites
E-commerce 85.7% 2,981
Technology 75.7% 2,514
Gambling 97.9% 2,197
Finance 91.8% 753
Education 87.8% 271
Social Media 79.8% 248
Crypto 89.8% 206
News 65.6% 125
Adult 78.9% 71

Using these numbers

You are welcome to quote these statistics in articles, research and presentations. Please credit websurely.com and link to https://websurely.com/statistics. The numbers come from the websites our visitors asked us to check, so they show what people run into online — not the whole internet. Last updated November 11, 2026.