Getting started with ScamAssassin

ScamAssassin helps you decide when a signup, order, or ticket deserves a closer look. You send an identifier (email, phone, IP, username, address, crypto wallet, domain, or URL). Syndaq returns a risk score, level, confidence, signals, and a recommendation.

Important: ScamAssassin is an advisory tool. A high score means “worth reviewing,” not a legal finding that someone committed fraud.

Base URL

All requests go to:

https://api.syndaq.com

Authentication

After you order a ScamAssassin plan you receive:

• Public key prefixed with sa_pub_
• Secret key prefixed with sa_sec_

Use the secret key for assessments:

Authorization: Bearer sa_sec_...

Your first assessment

curl -sS -X POST https://api.syndaq.com/v1/scamassassin/assess \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sa_sec_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type":"email","value":"[email protected]"}'

A successful response includes a masked identifier, assessment block, signals, report summary, and limitations text.

Next steps

• Read the [API reference](api-reference.md) for request and response fields
• Open your Syndaq client area → ScamAssassin service to manage keys and try assessments