Proactive scam alerts for soccer tickets
Soccer fans risk losing hundreds to thousands of dollars on fake World Cup tickets from thousands of scam websites flooding the market right before the event.
ScamWatchFC lets fans select specific matches or teams they're targeting. The system continuously monitors the web for newly registered domains and suspicious ticket sellers using automated scraping and AI classification. Users receive push and email alerts within hours of a new threat appearing, along with direct links to official or verified safe purchasing channels.
International soccer fans and travelers actively trying to purchase World Cup tickets online
Proactive monitoring and alerting instead of reactive URL checking - we hunt the scammers so fans don't have to search.
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Set alerts for specific World Cup matches or teams
Daily scans for new suspicious ticket domains
Push and email notifications when threats detected
One-click access to verified official sellers
Live dashboard of emerging scam patterns
Users can confirm or dispute automated classifications
Visual timeline of past scam campaigns
Send alerts to external tools or Slack
Installable progressive web app with push
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| notification_preferences | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| match_id | text | No |
| team_filter | text | Yes |
| active | bool | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| domain | text | No |
| risk_level | int | No |
| message | text | No |
| read | bool | No |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| domain | text | No |
| first_seen | timestamp | No |
| ai_classification | text | No |
| confirmed_scam | bool | No |
/api/watchesCreate new match watch
/api/alertsGet pending alerts for user
/api/monitor/triggerInternal cron endpoint to run domain monitoring
/api/feedbackUser feedback on alert accuracy
1 match watch
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| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 520 | 8% | $1,456 | $17,472 |
| Month 6 | 4,100 | 13% | $18,590 | $223,080 |
Set match alerts. Get notified within hours when new scam sites appear. Never be the first victim again.
Seed initial users by offering free Premium for 6 months to active moderators in r/worldcup and national team Discords in exchange for promotion. Contact 8 football betting podcast hosts and offer annual sponsorships including dedicated alerts for their listeners. Create viral Twitter threads breaking down current active World Cup scams and include a link to the free tier.
Excellent breach monitoring concept
Does not monitor ticket selling domains or soccer-specific threats
Domain-specific monitoring for live ticket scams
Simple keyword monitoring
Extremely noisy and not intelligent about scam signals
AI that understands soccer ticket scam patterns
Network effects from user feedback improving the classification model, plus proprietary list of scam infrastructure indicators.
New gTLDs and AI-generated content have made it trivial for scammers to spin up hundreds of convincing sites days before major matches. Fans need proactive defense.
Scraping volume triggers legal action from registrars
Use third-party data providers and focus on passive DNS + user reports
Users suffer alert fatigue
Smart grouping and adjustable sensitivity settings
High compute cost for continuous monitoring
Start with daily batch jobs, optimize aggressively, and use efficient scraping
Success: Over 60% of engaged fans say they want proactive alerts
Success: Minimum 40% retention after 30 days
Success: Acquire 1,000 users and $2k MRR in first 30 days
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Slash payment fees to 0.8% with seamless ACH checkouts for high-ticket creators.
Accept crypto payments at 1% fees, auto-convert to USD for creators.
Global bank transfers at 0.4% fees for international high-value creator sales.