Is CheaterScanner legit? What it searches, what it costs and what our test found
Is CheaterScanner legit? It is a real paid service: in our test it reported 22 accounts, 7 of them wrong, in 20 to 30 minutes. What it costs and how its billing works.
Is CheaterScanner legit? It is a real paid service whose terms name the operator, Z Naturals LLC of Dover, Delaware, and our paid test search returned a report in 20 to 30 minutes. Before you pay, know that its terms say subscriptions renew automatically, its public pages show no price, accuracy is not guaranteed, and the 30-day refund does not apply once a search returns possible matches.
We make CheckMate.bio, so read our numbers with that in mind. The CheaterScanner facts come from its own pages, DatingScout's review and one paid search of ours.
CheaterScanner at a glance
| CheaterScanner | CheckMate.bio | |
|---|---|---|
| You enter | First name, age, location | Email address |
| Searches | Dating app profiles, government databases, internet | 2,500+ sites: 17 dating, 60 porn |
| Account | ✓ | ✗ |
| 1 search | Not on its pages; $17.99 + tax (DatingScout) | $0.99 |
| Renews | ✓ | ✗ |
| Time to result | <30 s (badge); ≤24 h (FAQ); 20–30 min (our test) | 20 s–2 min 19 s |
| Accuracy guaranteed | ✗ | ✗ |
| Refund | 30 days, if no matching results | 14 days, if no match scores ≥50% |
What CheaterScanner searches and how
CheaterScanner asks for "a first name, an age, and a location" and checks them against available data "to surface potential matches". Its FAQ adds that it emails you when the report is ready and performs no facial recognition. A separate Deep Person Scan page takes a name, an email or a phone number.
CheaterScanner in its own words
The FAQ describes the service in full like this: "CheaterScanner is an informational search service. We aggregate publicly available information. When you enter a name, age, and location, our system cross-references that input against the available data to surface potential matches. We do not access, log into, or maintain accounts on any platform, and we compile results into a single report for you to review." It lists the inputs as "Three essentials: a first name, an age, and a location."
On timing and delivery the FAQ says: "A search typically completes within 24 hours. During this time our system runs the search and compiles the results into a consolidated report. We notify you by email when it's ready." On faces: "We do not process biometric identifiers or perform facial recognition."
On accuracy the FAQ says: "Because results depend on the information you supply and on the underlying data, we cannot guarantee they are accurate, complete, or current. Treat them as one input for your own judgment, not confirmed facts."
The homepage puts the scope more broadly: "Search through dating app profiles, government databases, and the entire internet to uncover the truth about anyone". Its first screen carries the badges "Takes under 30s" and "100% Anonymous", and the first step asks "What's their gender?". The footer adds: "CheaterScanner is an independent service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party platform or social network."
The Deep Person Scan page says: "Enter their name, email, or phone - we scan the entire internet and surface everything. instantly." The footer also lists Reverse Phone Lookup, Reverse Email Lookup and Reverse Name Lookup.
On the operator, the terms say: "The Service is operated by, and payments are processed by, Z Naturals LLC".
If your own information appears in someone's results and you want it removed, the FAQ says to email support@cheaterscanner.com with the subject line "Remove My Information."
What our test found
We ran one of our own inboxes, Personal inbox A, through CheaterScanner's paid search and through CheckMate.bio. CheaterScanner answered in 20 to 30 minutes.
| Reported | Wrong | |
|---|---|---|
| CheckMate.bio | 23 | 0 |
| + by username | 14 | 2 |
| CheaterScanner | 22 | 7 |
CheaterScanner reported 22 accounts, and we marked 7 wrong because they belong to someone else. CheckMate.bio found 23 by email, none of them wrong. One inbox is one data point. CheaterScanner's own FAQ says of its results: "we cannot guarantee they are accurate, complete, or current".
How we counted
A find counts when the tool reports an account for the address itself on a site. An account that belongs to someone else is marked wrong. CheaterScanner reported 22 accounts and we marked 7 of them wrong. It took 20 to 30 minutes to answer; a CheckMate.bio full report took 20 seconds to 2 minutes 19 seconds per search in our benchmark.
CheckMate.bio also searches the part before the @ as a username and scores each match. On this inbox we checked every match it scored above 50%: 14 matches, 12 of them right and 2 wrong. So it found 23 accounts by the email address and 12 more through username matches. Matches scored lower, which its report lists under 'Possible matches', are not counted.
What CheaterScanner costs and how it bills
CheaterScanner's public pages show no price. DatingScout's review, last updated 9 October 2026, lists one credit at $17.99 plus tax and three at $34.99, and says "a subscription is created at checkout and will automatically renew" even for a single search. CheaterScanner's terms add that introductory or promotional pricing "applies only to the first billing period; thereafter the subscription renews at the regular price".
| Per search | |
|---|---|
| CheckMate.bio, 1 | $0.99 |
| CheckMate.bio, 5 | ~$0.60 |
| CheckMate.bio, 10 | ~$0.50 |
| CheaterScanner, 1 | $17.99 + tax |
| CheaterScanner, 3 | ~$11.66 + tax |
Prices in full and the arithmetic
DatingScout lists 1 credit at 17.99 USD, 2 credits at 29.99 USD and 3 credits at 34.99 USD, plus tax. The chart takes one credit as one search, so three credits come to 34.99 / 3 = 11.66 USD each. The same review says: "Results typically take up to 48 hours to complete."
On renewal, CheaterScanner's terms say: "Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period until cancelled." And on the amount: "Introductory or promotional pricing applies only to the first billing period; thereafter the subscription renews at the regular price." Its homepage, FAQ, terms and refund page show no price at all, so they give no figure for that regular price either.
At CheckMate.bio one report costs $0.99, paid once with no account and no subscription. A pack of 5 reports costs $2.99, which is 2.99 / 5 = about $0.60 each, and a pack of 10 costs $4.99, or 4.99 / 10 = about $0.50 each. Packs work on any emails and are valid for 90 days. You pay once through PayPal, and the paywall has PayPal, Venmo, debit or credit card, Apple Pay and Google Pay buttons.
How to cancel CheaterScanner and get a refund
If you have already paid, the terms say: "You may cancel anytime in your account settings, or by emailing support@cheaterscanner.com; we process cancellations within 48 hours." The 30-day money-back guarantee "does not apply where a search returns possible matches".
The refund and cancellation terms in full
The guarantee reads: "We offer a 30-day money-back guarantee if the Service completely fails to return any matching results, or fails to provide its core functionality as described. The guarantee does not apply where a search returns possible matches, or where you are dissatisfied with the results of a successful search." The refunds page repeats it.
The refunds page says you can cancel from the Billing or Subscription Management section or by email, and that cancellations are processed within 48 hours. The FAQ puts it this way: "To cancel, use your account settings or email support@cheaterscanner.com."
To find the payment on a statement, the FAQ says: "Charges appear as Cheaterscanner.com."
CheaterScanner test: conclusions
On Personal inbox A, none of CheckMate.bio's 23 finds by email and 2 of its 14 checked username matches were wrong, while 7 of CheaterScanner's 22 were. A CheckMate.bio report took 20 seconds to 2 minutes 19 seconds in our benchmark, and CheaterScanner took 20 to 30 minutes. CheckMate.bio costs $0.99 per report with nothing to renew; DatingScout lists a CheaterScanner credit at $17.99 plus tax, as a subscription that renews.
When CheaterScanner is the better choice
CheaterScanner starts from a first name, an age and a location, so it fits when you have no email address for the person.
A CheaterScanner alternative for searching by email
CheckMate.bio is a CheaterScanner alternative for one case: you know the person's email address. A report costs $0.99, paid once with no account. It cannot search by first name, age and location, and it shows no profile photos. It checks 17 dating sites, 2 by email address and 15 by username, and 60 porn sites, Pornhub, XVideos and XNXX by the email address among them. Sex communities such as FabSwingers and BDSMLR are covered too. A username match can belong to someone else.
The dating sites, porn sites and sex communities it checks, and what the report leaves out
Dating sites checked by the email address: LatinAmericanCupid and MeetOutside. Dating sites checked by username: Tinder, Badoo, FriendFinder, FabSwingers, DateInAsia, Datezone, Fotka, Sentimente, Waytohey, Yazawaj, Naijaplanet, Newmeet, ChatBlink, Chatujme and BDSM Singles.
The username is the part of the address before the @, plus usernames found on linked accounts. The report lists these sites under the category 'Dating', and it marks matches below 50% confidence as 'Possible matches'.
Porn sites, 60 in all, are listed in the report under 'Porn'. Nine are checked by the email address: Pornhub, XVideos, XNXX, Tube8, LetsPorn, SuperPorn, FapFolder, FapRoulette and flirtbate. 56 are checked by username, 5 of them both ways. They include tube sites (xHamster, RedTube, YouPorn, SpankBang, TNAFlix), cam sites (Chaturbate, Stripchat, BongaCams, CAM4, LiveJasmin, MyFreeCams, Camsoda, Flirt4Free, Streamate) and creator platforms (Fansly, Fancentro, JustFor.Fans, Modelhub, Admireme).
Sex communities are checked by username: FabSwingers and BDSM Singles, listed under 'Dating', and BDSMLR, adultism and Zbiornik, listed under 'Porn'.
CheckMate.bio does not look at photos or use face recognition, and it does not show a dating profile's photos or last location. Nor does it monitor a person over time.
The free search, up to 3 a week, shows how many accounts the address has in each category and names three of them. Across all categories CheckMate.bio checks 2,500+ sites, about 300 by the address itself and the rest by the username before the @, and then follows the usernames, emails and phones it finds. On the four public test addresses of our benchmark it found 565 accounts registered to the address.
Other tools we compared
We have also written up Cheaterbuster and Spokeo. The CheaterScanner test comes from our benchmark of email lookup and people search tools.
Questions people ask
Is CheaterScanner legit?
CheaterScanner is a real paid service run by Z Naturals LLC of Dover, Delaware. Our paid search returned a report of 22 accounts, 7 of which we marked wrong. Its terms say subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled.
How much does CheaterScanner cost?
Its public pages show no price. DatingScout's review lists $17.99 plus tax for one credit and $34.99 for three, and says a subscription is created at checkout.
How long does CheaterScanner take?
The site's badge says "Takes under 30s" and its FAQ says a search "typically completes within 24 hours". Our paid search took 20 to 30 minutes.
Is CheaterScanner a subscription and how do I cancel it?
Yes. Its terms say: "Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period until cancelled." Cancel in your account settings or by emailing support@cheaterscanner.com; the terms allow 48 hours for processing.
Can I get a refund from CheaterScanner?
Within 30 days, if the search returned no matching results or the service failed to provide its core functionality. The guarantee does not apply once a search returns possible matches.
What is a good CheaterScanner alternative?
If you have the person's email address, CheckMate.bio costs $0.99 per report, with no account and nothing to renew, and its 2,500+ sites include 17 dating sites and 60 porn sites. With only a first name, age and location, use a search that starts from those, as CheaterScanner does.
What a report can't tell you, and what the law says
A CheckMate.bio report shows accounts linked to an email address and the public details those sites expose. It can't show messages, browsing history or location, and it misses accounts made with another email, deleted profiles and sites it doesn't check. Results come from third-party sources, including breach records, and can be incomplete, outdated or wrong. Treat every match as a lead to verify, not as proof.
A note on the law, as general information rather than legal advice: getting into someone else's phone or online accounts without permission, reading their messages that way, secretly recording their calls with other people, or installing tracking or spy apps on their phone can be a crime, even between spouses or partners, and can also get you sued. CheckMate.bio's Terms of Use forbid using it to stalk, harass, threaten or intimidate anyone. Stick to what is public or what you're allowed to see.
If you're afraid for your safety, call your local emergency number (911 in the US). In the US, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233, or text START to 88788. If you think someone is tracking your phone, talk to an advocate there before you remove anything: removing it can alert the person who installed it.
What the results actually mean
CheckMate.bio groups findings into categories ('Social Media', 'Gaming', 'Dating', 'Finance', 'Business' and more) and attaches a confidence score to every match. A score of 80% or higher means the email is almost certainly linked to that service. A score between 50% and 80% is a likely match. Anything below 50% lands in the 'Possible matches' section and should be treated as a weak signal, not a verdict.
- Categories show the kind of accounts that exist: the shape of someone's online footprint.
- Per-service fields (usernames, display names, bio text, last active dates) help you confirm whether the match is really the person you care about.
- Confidence scores help you separate solid matches from noise. Treat low-confidence hits as leads to investigate, not as proof.
A note on ethics
CheckMate.bio indexes public and breach-derived data. It does not grant access to private messages or full passwords (passwords from breach records are always masked), or to anything you wouldn't be able to find with enough patience and the right search queries. Use it for the same reasons you'd Google someone: safety, due diligence, re-connecting with people, or simply knowing what a public profile says about you. Be honest about your reasons, and respect the answer you get.
Sources
- CheaterScanner homepage, CheaterScanner
- CheaterScanner FAQ, CheaterScanner
- CheaterScanner terms, CheaterScanner
- CheaterScanner refunds, CheaterScanner
- Deep Person Scan, CheaterScanner
- CheaterScanner review, last update 9 October 2026, DatingScout
- 18 U.S. Code § 1030 — Fraud and related activity in connection with computers, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- 18 U.S. Code § 2511 — Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- 18 U.S. Code § 2520 — Recovery of civil damages authorized, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School
- Glazner v. Glazner, No. 02-11799 (2003, en banc): no spousal exception to the Wiretap Act, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Man Pleads Guilty for Selling "StealthGenie" Spyware App and Ordered to Pay $500,000 Fine, U.S. Department of Justice
- Stalkerware: What To Know, Federal Trade Commission
- National Domestic Violence Hotline, National Domestic Violence Hotline