Is SKOUT safe?

What is SKOUT?

Location-based social/dating app owned by The Meet Group -> ParshipMeet Group -> ProSiebenSat.1 (same corporate family as the already-covered MeetMe, but a separately branded, separately operated product). ~300,000 Australian members (65% male/35% female), also active in Canada.

Category: Social discovery / casual dating hybrid · Most popular in: Canada/Australia

Safety rating: Moderate

Standard report/block tooling and a named support channel exist, but ComplaintsBoard data shows a low complaint-resolution rate (~3%), and the app leans casual/social over relationship-verification-focused.

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.

SKOUT safety features

• Report function for fraud, harassment, fake identity
• Block function
• Escalation path to support for serious incidents with evidence submission
• Tracked by the Australian eSafety Commissioner's guide

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

Features and pricing

• Proximity-based discovery, live broadcasting/streaming, chat, who-viewed-you, favorites

How to report a scammer or harassment on SKOUT

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

• [email protected]
• support.skout.com/hc/en-us/articles/21370024898962-How-do-I-contact-Skout

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 SKOUT

• Our research did not find a photo-verification feature on SKOUT, so reverse-image-search a match’s photos before you invest time in them.
• 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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