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Scam Spot

A hand-curated reference on common tourist-scam patterns, organized by type — never by country

Unify Dynamics LLC

Documentation
Tools10read-only
Sign-inNoneno account, no key
Data keptNoneprocessed in memory
PriceFreeoptional Pro limits
StatusLiveMCP + REST
Works withMCP · RESTany agent

Try asking

Real questions, and the tools your agent calls to answer them.

How does the fake tour guide scam work?
Tools called
scam_pattern_info
What scams involve taxis?
Tools called
scam_search
What overcharging scams should I watch for?
Tools called
scams_by_category
What categories of scams do you cover?
Tools called
category_list
What scams happen at ATMs?
Tools called
scams_by_setting
What are common warning signs of a scam?
Tools called
red_flag_checklist
What should I say if someone claims to be police and wants my wallet?
Tools called
response_script
What does bait-and-switch mean?
Tools called
tactics_glossary
I think I got scammed, how do I report it?
Tools called
reporting_guidance
How risky does this situation sound?
Tools called
risk_awareness_score

About

Scam Spot is a fully local, hand-curated, general educational reference on common tourist-scam patterns. scam_pattern_info gives one pattern's full detail: how it works, tell-tale signs, what to do, a short response script, and severity. scam_search does a keyword search. scams_by_category lists every pattern in one of seven categories (Distraction & Theft, Overcharging & Fake Fees, Fake Guides & Services, Counterfeit & Bait-and-Switch, Authority Impersonation, Card & Digital Scams, Online & Booking Scams); category_list shows them all with counts. scams_by_setting lists patterns common to a setting — airports, taxis/rideshare, markets, landmarks, nightlife, online booking, or ATMs/currency exchange. red_flag_checklist gives the general precursor signs that cut across almost every pattern: urgency, isolation, unverifiable authority, hidden pricing, off-platform payment. response_script gives just the short thing to say or do. tactics_glossary defines general tactics like distraction, anchoring, and bait-and-switch. reporting_guidance covers what to do afterward. risk_awareness_score combines a few situational yes/no flags into a rough composite score. Every pattern here is documented across many destinations worldwide — Scam Spot never names or shames a specific country or culture. Keyless; fully local; zero upstream calls; nothing stored.

Sources: Hand-curated from widely-documented tourist-scam patterns reported across many destinations worldwide, organized by scam type rather than by country to avoid naming or shaming any specific place. Fully local; zero upstream calls.

Privacy

The publisher, Unify Dynamics LLC, states that tool inputs are processed in memory and not retained.

Data not collectedNo account, no profile, no stored prompts or results.
Privacy policyTerms

What it can do

10 tools, grouped by job. Every one is read-only or compute-only.

OpenAPI
Look up a scam5 tools
  • Scam pattern infoFull detail on one scam pattern: how it works, tell-tale signs, what to do, a short response script, and severity (financial vs safety).
  • Scam searchKeyword search across every scam pattern's name, category, mechanics, tell-tale signs and settings.
  • Scams by categoryEvery scam pattern in one category.
  • Category listEvery scam category with how many patterns are in it.
  • Scams by settingScam patterns commonly documented in a given setting — airport/station, taxi/rideshare, market/street vendor, tourist landmark, nightlife, online…
Stay aware3 tools
  • Red flag checklistThe general precursor signs that cut across almost every scam pattern: urgency, isolation, unsolicited friendliness with an agenda, unverifiable…
  • Response scriptJust the short thing to say or do if you recognize a named scam pattern happening to you.
  • Risk awareness scoreCombines a few situational yes/no flags into a rough composite awareness score (low/moderate/high), based on the red-flag patterns documented…
Reference2 tools
  • Tactics glossaryDefinitions of general scam tactics that cut across specific patterns — distraction, urgency/time pressure, authority impersonation, anchoring,…
  • Reporting guidanceGeneral guidance on reporting a travel scam afterward: local police, the relevant platform, your bank, or your embassy, depending on what happened.

Information

PublisherUnify Dynamics LLC
CategoryTravel & transport
LanguagesEnglish
Built forGlobal
CompatibilityAny MCP client · any agent · REST
Version0.1.0
MCP endpointhttps://scamspot.connectorbay.com/mcp
REST APIopenapi.json
SupportGet help · Status
CountryWorldwide

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Documentation

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What Scam Spot is for

"How does the fake tour guide scam work?", "what are the signs of ATM skimming?", "what do I say if someone claims to be police and wants my wallet?" — a general, educational reference on common tourist-scam PATTERNS, organized by scam type and setting, so you recognize the mechanics wherever you encounter them rather than only in one place.

What it does

scam_pattern_info gives one pattern's full detail — how it works, tell-tale signs, what to do, a short response script, and severity — for 16+ documented patterns spanning distraction theft, overcharging, fake guides, counterfeit tickets, authority impersonation, card/digital scams, and online booking scams. scam_search searches by keyword; scams_by_category lists every pattern in one of seven categories (category_list shows them all with counts). scams_by_setting lists patterns common to a setting — airports, taxis, markets, landmarks, nightlife, online booking, or ATMs. red_flag_checklist gives the general precursor signs that cut across almost every pattern. response_script gives just the short thing to say or do for a named pattern. tactics_glossary defines general tactics like distraction, anchoring, and bait-and-switch. reporting_guidance covers what to do afterward. risk_awareness_score combines a few situational yes/no flags into a rough composite score.

What it is not

Scam Spot never names or shames a specific country, city, vendor, or person — every pattern here has been documented across many different destinations worldwide, and describing a pattern is not an accusation about any real, specific situation. It's an educational reference to help you recognize mechanics, not a verdict generator or a substitute for your own judgment.

Privacy policy

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Scam Spot — Privacy Policy

Effective 26 September 2026. Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us"), Menlo Park, California.

What Scam Spot is. Scam Spot is a connector (an MCP server and REST API) that AI assistants and personal agents call on your behalf for a hand-curated, fully local travel-scam-awareness reference — pattern lookups, category and setting browsing, red-flag checklists, response scripts, a tactics glossary, reporting guidance, and a risk-awareness scorer. You interact with your assistant; the assistant sends us only the arguments needed for that one lookup.

What we receive. The arguments of each tool call — a scam pattern name, a search keyword, a category, a setting, a glossary term, or a handful of yes/no situational flags for the risk-awareness score — the technical headers needed to serve the request (an IP address or a client identifier supplied by the assistant, and a Pro API key if you have one), and standard server logs.

Everything is answered from a bundled, hand-curated reference file and nothing is stored. No request is forwarded to any third party — there is no upstream call at all, live or otherwise — and no query is logged in request bodies, recorded, or used to train anything.

What we do not receive or store. We do not receive your conversation with the assistant, your name, or details of any real incident you describe elsewhere, and we do not build a profile from your queries: each request is answered independently and nothing carries over between requests. Rate-limit counters (a client identifier and timestamps) are held in memory for at most 24 hours. Hosting-provider access logs, which contain IP addresses and request paths but not request bodies, are retained for up to 30 days for security and abuse prevention.

Sub-processors. None — the entire dataset is bundled with the server and answered locally. Hosting: Vercel (United States regions).

Legal bases and your rights. Our processing is necessary to provide the service you request through your assistant. Because we store no personal data beyond short-lived logs, requests to access, correct or delete personal data are usually satisfied automatically; you can still contact agent@connectorbay.com and we will respond within 30 days. We do not sell or share personal information and do not use your data to train models.

Children. Scam Spot is a general-audience service operated by the adult using the assistant.

Changes. We will post changes here with a new effective date.

Terms of service

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Scam Spot — Terms of Service

Effective 26 September 2026. These terms govern use of the Scam Spot connector ("the Service") operated by Unify Dynamics LLC ("we", "us").

  1. The Service. Scam Spot returns a hand-curated, fully local, general educational reference on common tourist-scam patterns — how they work, tell-tale signs, response scripts, a tactics glossary, reporting guidance, and a rough risk-awareness score. It is accessed through an AI assistant or directly over MCP or HTTP.
  2. General education, not an accusation or verdict. Scam Spot describes documented scam mechanics for general awareness. It never identifies or accuses any specific real person, vendor, business, or country, and the risk_awareness_score tool is a rough, self-reported composite for general awareness, not a determination that any real situation is or is not a scam.
  3. Reference, not real-time guidance. Content reflects general, widely-documented scam patterns as of the build date stated in the Service's own data. It cannot assess a specific real-world situation and is not a substitute for your own judgment, local authorities, or your bank/platform's fraud team.
  4. Acceptable use. Automated use within the published rate limits is welcome.
  5. Availability. The Service is provided "as is" without warranty. We may change, limit or discontinue it at any time.
  6. Data. Our Privacy Policy describes what we process. In short: your query is answered from a bundled reference file, and nothing is stored.
  7. Pro keys. Optional Pro API keys are issued at our discretion, are personal to the holder and may be revoked for abuse.
  8. Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Unify Dynamics LLC is not liable for any loss, injury, or damage arising from use of, or reliance on, the Service, including any financial loss from a scam encountered while traveling. Our total liability is limited to US $100.
  9. Governing law. California law; venue in San Mateo County, California.
  10. Contact. Unify Dynamics LLC · agent@connectorbay.com · https://connectorbay.com/scamspot

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Scam Spot support

Email agent@connectorbay.com. We answer within two business days.

When you report a problem, include the question you asked your agent, roughly when, and which agent you used (for example Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini). Never send us passwords, account numbers or ID numbers. Scam Spot never asks for them.

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Streamable HTTP, stateless, no authentication. Paste the endpoint into any MCP-capable agent.

https://scamspot.connectorbay.com/mcp
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  "mcpServers": {
    "scamspot": {
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      "url": "https://scamspot.connectorbay.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}