About Oyiwa

Oyiwa is infrastructure for better-informed digital trust. Before you buy an online course, hire a freelancer, subscribe to a service, or send money to an online business, you should be able to ask: who am I dealing with, and what should I know before I trust or transact with this entity?

We are not building a platform for internet vigilantism, and we are not a database of criminals. A report submitted to Oyiwa is a claim, not a verdict. We separate user reports, platform-reviewed cases, public web intelligence, and official records — and we label each one clearly, with sources you can inspect yourself.

Not everyone who's been scammed has the money or the time to chase it through a formal legal process — and even when a case is moving through one, that can be slow. Oyiwa exists for that gap. If you've been defrauded, reporting it here gives you a way to be heard: your case gets documented and, once reviewed, published so the next person searching that name or website finds it before they hand over their money too. It won't undo what happened, but it turns your experience into something that protects someone else — and that's a form of closure in itself.

Being listed on Oyiwa isn't a court judgment. It means a report was reviewed and found credible enough to publish, with sources and evidence a reader can weigh for themselves — enough for someone to make a more informed decision about whether to do business with that person or company.

Oyiwa has no geographic restriction. Our target audience is global — you can search or report from any country, and the people, businesses, and websites reported on Oyiwa are based all over the world too.

Right now, the platform focuses on online scams and fraud. We're working toward expanding beyond that into a broader database covering scams and fraud generally, not just what happens online — the directory is still young and growing every day.

Submitting a report doesn't put it straight on the platform. It goes to our review team first, along with whatever evidence you attach — screenshots, receipts, messages, anything that backs up your account. If the team finds it credible and appropriate to publish, they may follow up with you directly for more detail or clarification before the case goes live. Only once it clears review does it get published as a case others can find when they search.

If your case needs more than a standard review — deeper digging into the entity behind it — you can request that directly from your case page after you report. These requests are handled privately with our team rather than through anything public: describe what you'd like looked into, and the team follows up with next steps. This is a newer part of the platform and, for now, works as a request you submit and we follow up on, not an automated service.

Don't be afraid to share what you have. Evidence you upload is never shown to the general public — the public case page lists evidence by type and review status only, never the file itself. The file itself can only be opened by you, the person who reported it, or an Oyiwa moderator or admin reviewing the case — nobody else, member or not. It's there for review, to support your case, not for anyone to browse.

You can also report anonymously, in which case your own name is kept off the public case entirely. Either way, your contact details are never shown directly to anyone — another member has to formally request them, and you (or, in some situations, an admin) has to approve that before anything is shared.

A listing isn't a declaration that you're guilty of anything — it's a reviewed claim, and it can be challenged. If you find a case or a profile that names you or your business, you can claim it to verify your association, post a public response alongside the report, or file a dispute if you believe the information is wrong, a duplicate, or unfair. Disputes go through their own review and you're notified of the outcome either way. Nothing about reaching out, claiming your profile, or resolving a case requires leaving the platform — it all happens here.