Terms and Conditions

1. About these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and Spectre Creation, a company in Botswana ("we", "us"), for your use of the ScamProtect app and our website (thebe.spectrecreation.co.bw). By downloading or using ScamProtect, you agree to them. If you don't agree, don't use the app.

2. What ScamProtect does, and doesn't do

ScamProtect checks messages, calls, numbers and links for signs of scams and gives each a rating with reasons. The ratings are guidance to help you decide. They can miss a scam, and they can flag a genuine message.

• Always check payment requests, account changes and offers through an official channel before you act.
• ScamProtect is not a bank, a mobile money provider, the police or a government service, and it cannot recover lost money.
• In an emergency, contact the Botswana Police Service on 999.

3. Your licence

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use ScamProtect on phones you own or control, for your own non-commercial use. You may not copy, modify, distribute or sell the app, or make products based on it.

4. Using ScamProtect responsibly

You agree to:

• use the app only for lawful purposes, and not to harass, threaten or harm anyone;
• report only numbers, accounts and links you genuinely believe are spam or scams, and describe what happened truthfully;
• not include other people's personal information in a report beyond what is needed to describe the scam;
• not reverse engineer or decompile the app, try to get unauthorised access to our systems, or interfere with how the service works;
• keep your phone and the accounts on it secure.

5. Reports you submit

When you report a number or message, you allow us to store it, use it to rate that number for everyone, and show it to other users without your name. We may remove reports that are false, abusive or include personal information they shouldn't.

6. Using ScamProtect as your SMS app

If you make ScamProtect your default SMS app, it sends and receives your text and picture messages. Your mobile network's normal charges apply to messages you send, and some networks charge for SMS delivery reports, which you can turn off in Profile.

7. Availability and changes

We work to keep the service running, but it may sometimes be unavailable, for example during maintenance. Without a connection the app checks messages with rules on your phone, which are less thorough. We may change, add or remove features. Google Play's terms also apply to how you download the app.

8. Intellectual property

The ScamProtect app, its name, logo, content and design belong to Spectre Creation or its licensors. These terms don't give you any rights to them except the licence above.

9. Liability

ScamProtect is provided as it is. As far as the law allows, we are not liable for losses you suffer because of a scam, because a rating was wrong, or because the service was unavailable. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the consumer protection laws of Botswana.

10. Ending your use

You can stop using the app at any time by uninstalling it, and ask us to delete your information as described in our Privacy Policy. We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Botswana, and the courts of Botswana deal with any dispute about them.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms, and will show the date of the latest version at the top. For significant changes we will also tell you in the app. If you keep using the app after a change, the updated terms apply.

13. Contact us

Questions about these terms: privacy@spectrecreation.co.bw.