Is Salams safe?

What is Salams?

Launched as "Minder" 2015, rebranded Salams, quietly acquired by Match Group ~Oct 2023 (surfaced via an earnings filing, not proactively disclosed to users). 7.5M+ users reported at acquisition. Confirmed distinct from Muzz/Muzmatch — separate company, slower values-based signup flow with an optional Wali/guardian feature vs Muzz's swipe model.

Category: Muslim marriage/matrimony-focused app · Most popular in: US/UK

Safety rating: Moderate

Real verification and reporting tools, but explicitly states no criminal background checks are performed, and the 2023 ownership change wasn't proactively disclosed to users — a real transparency gap.

Ratings are qualitative (Strong, Moderate or Basic) and based only on safety features we could verify from the app’s own help pages and reputable reporting. How we rate apps.

Salams safety features

• Selfie verification (seen only by Salams staff, never shown to other users) + phone verification
• Anonymous in-app reporting (reported users not told who reported them)
• Built-in scam-pattern warnings (money requests, suspicious links, off-platform pressure)
• Screenshot-blocker on private conversations
• Explicitly stated: NO criminal background checks

A red cross marks a feature that has ended, is missing or could not be confirmed.

Features and pricing

• Longer values-based profile setup (religiosity, prayer habits, marriage timeline); optional Wali/guardian involvement in matching; freemium

How to report a scammer or harassment on Salams

Report the profile inside the app first, then use Salams’s own help and safety pages:

• salams.app/safety
• salams-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/33998010206875-Report-a-Concern

Screenshot the profile and messages before you block or unmatch, because the conversation may disappear. If you have lost money, contact your bank straight away and report it to the police or national fraud service listed on this page.

Staying safer on Salams

• Use Salams’s verification and give more weight to verified matches. Verification confirms a face matches the photos; it says nothing about intentions.
• Keep the conversation in the app until you have met. Scammers push early for WhatsApp, Telegram or text because the app can no longer see or moderate the chat.
• Ask for a live video call before meeting. Repeated excuses, a camera that never works or a face that looks off are all reasons to stop.
• Never send money, crypto, gift cards or a verification code to someone you have only met online, whatever the story.
• Meet somewhere busy and public, arrange your own travel and tell a friend where you will be.

Scams to watch for

Pig butchering

A friendly or flirtatious contact – often on a dating app, social media or a 'wrong number' text – builds a relationship and casually mentions success trading crypto, gold or forex as a 'side job'.

Romance scams

A scammer builds an online relationship using a fake or borrowed identity, often over weeks or months, and invests heavily in attention and affection.

Catfishing and impersonation

Scammers build profiles from photos stolen from real people – often soldiers, professionals or celebrities – and invent a life that explains why they cannot meet: deployed overseas, working on an oil rig, with an international organisation, or too famous.

“Send me the code” account takeovers

A match says they want to 'make sure you are real' and asks for your phone number, then sends you a six-digit code and asks you to read it back.

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