Acceptable Use Policy

Last updated: 7 September 2026

This Acceptable Use Policy forms part of the Terms and Conditions for Be Scam Aware and applies to your use of https://bescamaware.org and any related services operated by us.

Be Scam Aware is a trading name of Not Another Idea Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 17426437.

By using the website or related services, you agree to comply with this policy.

1. Permitted use

You may use Be Scam Aware for lawful personal, educational or internal business purposes.

You must use the website in a way that:

• complies with applicable law;
• does not interfere with the operation or security of the site;
• does not infringe the rights of others; and
• does not misuse our content, systems or services.

2. Prohibited use

You must not use the website or related services to:

• commit, facilitate or promote fraud, scams or other unlawful activity;
• impersonate another person or organisation;
• submit false, misleading or malicious reports;
• harass, threaten, abuse or intimidate another person;
• send spam, unsolicited communications or bulk automated messages;
• introduce malware, viruses, malicious scripts or other harmful code;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, accounts, databases or infrastructure;
• bypass technical or security measures;
• interfere with or overload the website or associated systems;
• use automated tools to scrape, copy or extract substantial amounts of content without permission;
• collect email addresses, usernames or personal information for unsolicited marketing;
• use bots, scripts or automated systems to create accounts, send messages or interact with the website in a misleading or abusive way;
• reverse engineer or attempt to discover protected source code except where expressly permitted by law;
• remove copyright, ownership or attribution notices;
• reproduce or commercially exploit our content without permission;
• use our branding in a way that falsely implies endorsement, partnership or affiliation;
• submit content that infringes another person’s copyright, trade mark, privacy or other rights;
• submit content that is defamatory, unlawful, deceptive or materially misleading.

3. Scam reports and submissions

Where Be Scam Aware allows users to submit information about scams, suspicious activity or related concerns, you must:

• provide information honestly and in good faith;
• avoid knowingly submitting false or malicious allegations;
• avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information;
• not submit passwords, banking login details, authentication codes or full payment-card details;
• only provide third-party information where you have a lawful reason to do so.

We may remove, ignore or decline to act on submissions that appear abusive, fraudulent, irrelevant, unlawful or unreliable.

Submitting a report does not create an obligation for us to investigate, publish or take action.

4. Automated access and scraping

Standard use by search engines and ordinary web browsers is permitted.

You must not use automated systems to:

• extract substantial portions of the website;
• build competing databases from our content;
• bypass rate limits or technical restrictions;
• repeatedly access the website in a way that creates an unreasonable load; or
• collect personal data from the site without a lawful basis.

If you want permission to use our content or data programmatically, contact us first.

5. Security

You must not attempt to:

• probe or test vulnerabilities without permission;
• gain unauthorised access;
• interfere with authentication systems;
• intercept traffic;
• access restricted areas;
• exploit vulnerabilities; or
• disrupt service availability.

If you believe you have discovered a genuine security vulnerability, please contact us responsibly rather than exploiting or publicly disclosing it.

6. Intellectual property

Your use of the website does not give you ownership of our content, branding, software or other intellectual property.

Permitted use of our content is governed by our Terms and Conditions.

7. Action we may take

If we reasonably believe that this policy has been breached, we may:

• issue a warning;
• restrict or block access;
• remove submitted content;
• suspend or terminate accounts or access;
• preserve relevant records;
• report unlawful activity to appropriate authorities; or
• take legal action where appropriate.

The action taken will depend on the seriousness and circumstances of the breach.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this Acceptable Use Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• the website;
• the services we provide;
• security risks;
• legal requirements; or
• our operating practices.

The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was last updated.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to:

Be Scam Aware
a trading name of Not Another Idea Ltd

71–75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom

Email: info@bescamaware.org
Privacy enquiries: privacy@notanotheridea.com