Scam Lookup vs URLVoid
URLVoid is a blocklist aggregator — it queries roughly 30 threat-intelligence services and tells you whether any of them have flagged a domain. That's useful, but it only catches the fraction of scam sites that have already made it onto a public blocklist (usually days or weeks after the first victims). Scam Lookup analyzes the site itself — DNS, SSL, headers, domain age, email security, transparency signals — and returns a verdict based on trust signals a scam site almost never satisfies. Both approaches are complementary.
| Feature | Scam Lookup | URLVoid |
|---|---|---|
| Free to use | Yes | Yes |
| Signup required | No | No |
| Aggregates 30+ blocklists | No | Yes |
| Analyzes the site directly (real-time) | Yes | No |
| Domain age via RDAP | Yes | Yes |
| SSL / Certificate Transparency check | Yes | Partial |
| Security-header analysis (HSTS, CSP, etc.) | Yes | No |
| SPF / DKIM / DMARC email-security check | Yes | No |
| Impersonation / typosquat detection | Yes | No |
| Per-finding explanation ('why this verdict') | Yes | No |
| 6 category scores (Security, Infra, Transparency, etc.) | Yes | No |
| Standalone tools (DNS, WHOIS, headers, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Catches brand-new scam sites before blocklists update | Yes | No |
Use URLVoid when you want a blocklist sanity check on a known-bad domain. Use Scam Lookup when the site is new, doesn't ring any bells, and you need to make a real-time trust call — before the blocklists catch up.
Feature notes are based on publicly documented capabilities and testing at the time of writing. URLVoid is a trademark of its respective owner; Scam Lookup is not affiliated with or endorsed by URLVoid.