Caller name: Solar lead gen
Sales rep, sounded scripted, pitching solar. Took my number off when asked.
Community Intelligence — moderated, human-written
Recent Marketing Reports in Pakistan
When a number rings and feels off, someone in our community has probably already filed a report. Below is the live stream of submissions — every category, every country, all moderated and human-written. Community reports often surface novel scam patterns 24–72 hours before automated classifiers catch up.
✓ Human-written · ✓ Moderated · ✓ Anonymous · ✓ Updated daily
18,500Total approved reports
1,500Added in last 7 days
84%Spam / scam share
12,400Unique numbers reported
Reports feed
Why Community Reports Beat AI Spam Detection
I've watched a lot of automated spam-classification systems work. They're good at catching patterns they've already seen — confirmed scam numbers, dialing patterns from known operators, prerecorded audio fingerprints. They're terrible at catching the first wave of a new scam, the one that ran for the first time on a Wednesday morning and is being workshopped in real time.
Humans catch those. A real person who picks up a call, hears the pitch, recognizes that the "Amazon fraud department" is asking the wrong questions, and writes 200 words about it — that's intelligence no classifier produces. The FTC's consumer reports database lags spam waves by days because it depends on humans filing complaints in a slow, formal channel. RevealNames lags spam waves by hours because the channel is one short form.
Combine the two: classifier signals tell you which numbers are probably spam. Community reports tell you what the spam actually said, when it ran, and what it's trying to extract. You need both.
What Makes a Useful Report
- Specifics over outrage. "Called 6 times in 1 hour from a spoofed local number" beats "annoying spam call." The next person reading your report wants the details that match their own experience.
- The caller's exact pitch. "Claimed to be from my bank's fraud department and asked me to verify my last four card digits" is the kind of detail that helps the next person spot the same script.
- What happened next. Did they hang up when you asked questions? Send a follow-up text? Try again from a different number? Outcomes are diagnostic.
- Time of day. Robocallers favor 9–11 a.m. and 1–3 p.m. local time on weekdays. If you got a call at 3 a.m. on a Sunday, that itself is a tell.
- Don't include personal info. Never paste your full name, address, SSN, or account numbers. Moderators reject reports that contain PII, even your own.
Report Categories Explained
| Category | What it means |
|---|---|
| Safe | A legitimate caller — your dentist, school, employer. Use it sparingly; the value of a "safe" report is high but only when it's true. |
| Spam | Unwanted but not necessarily fraudulent — robocalls, telemarketing, surveys you didn't opt into. |
| Scam | Active fraud — IRS impersonation, fake delivery scams, romance scams, gift card fraud, wire fraud. |
| Marketing | Sales calls from real businesses. Annoying, often legal, sometimes a TCPA violation. |
| Harassment | Repeat unwanted calls from a known person, threats, stalking-adjacent behavior. |
| Debt | Debt collectors, including the abusive kind that violate the FDCPA. |
| Survey | Political polls, market research, opinion surveys. |
| Other | Wrong number, prank, anything that doesn't fit above. |
How Moderation Works
Every submitted report enters a moderation queue and stays there until a human reviews it — typically within 24 hours. We reject reports for four reasons: PII leaks (your data or someone else's), harassment of the named caller, duplicate spam, and obvious advertising. We do not reject reports for being negative or strongly worded. The point of this page is honest community intelligence, not balanced PR.
Spotting a Fake Report
This isn't theoretical. Operators sometimes try to game pages like this with positive reports about their own scam numbers, or negative reports about a competitor's legitimate business. Four tells:
- TIP 01 — Vague language with no specifics. "Great service, very professional, recommend" attached to a phone number is a tell. Real reports have details about what happened.
- TIP 02 — Same caller name on dozens of unrelated numbers. If "Mike from Service Department" shows up across 40 area codes, it's astroturf.
- TIP 03 — Reports posted in clusters within seconds. Botnets fire bursts. Real humans take minutes.
- TIP 04 — Marketing copy disguised as a report. "Avoid this scam, use [competitor] instead" is a sales pitch wearing a community report's clothes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I add my own report?
Click any number on this page to open its detail page, then use the "Report this number" button. Or run a fresh lookup from the homepage and submit a report from the result.
Are reporters identified?
No. You can attach a display name (first name only, optional) but we never collect or display your real identity, email, or IP address. We hash your IP for rate limiting only.
Can I edit or delete a report I posted?
Email [email protected] with a brief description of which report and what you'd like changed. We don't have user accounts so this is a manual process.
How do I report a fake report?
Same email above. Include the report URL or ID and tell us why you think it's fabricated. We re-review and pull anything that fails our smell test.
Do reports affect a phone number's rank in Google?
Indirectly. Each number's detail page is its own Google-indexed URL. More approved reports means more unique content on the page, which generally helps it rank for "who called from {number}" queries.
Why is my report still pending?
Moderators batch reviews — usually morning and evening US time. If it's been more than 36 hours, drop us a note.
Can businesses respond to reports about their numbers?
Not yet. We're considering verified business responses (clearly badged as such) for phase 2. For now, the answer is to file a report yourself in the "Safe" category from the business line, with details a customer would recognize.
Got a Call You Don't Recognize?
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