MuleTrace
Report a scam

Lost money to a scam?
Tell us the account.

Many scams take Rs 5,000 or Rs 16,000 from one person at a time, slowly, over months. No single loss looks big enough to report, so nobody connects them. Your report is the missing piece.

Why your report matters

Slow scams hidein plain sight.

A scammer who takes Rs 16,000 from one teenager this week and Rs 11,000 from someone else next month never sets off a bank alarm. But the same account appears in every victim’s story. When people report it, the pattern shows.

01 · Report

Tell us the account you paid

The account number, the bank, the amount, what you paid for and your district. No name or phone number needed.

02 · Protect

It is hashed straight away

The account number becomes a one-way code. One report never flags anyone.

03 · Connect

Reports add up

If the account is a confirmed mule, or several people from different places report it, the bank that holds it is asked to review it.

Report theaccount you paid.

No name, no phone number, no judgement. The account number is turned into a one-way code before it is stored.

Prototype: reports go into the MuleTrace demo watchlist. A public service needs agreement with CBSL, the FIU and the police.

FAQ

Reporting:your questions.

Last updated 13 October 2026

Why report if my money is already gone?

Because scammers usually collect small amounts from many people over months. One report looks like nothing. Twenty reports from different districts naming the same account show a pattern that banks and the FIU can act on.

Will anyone judge me or come after me?

No. The plan is for reports to be anonymous: the account number you paid is turned into a one-way code as soon as it arrives, and we do not need your name or phone number.

Can one false report get someone’s account blocked?

No. A single report never flags anyone. An account is only passed to its bank for review when it matches a confirmed mule or when several independent reports name it, and the bank decides using its own records.

Will I get my money back?

We can’t promise that. We are proposing to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka that money recovered from confirmed mule accounts is returned to the people who reported them.

Is this live?

It is a working prototype. Reports go into the MuleTrace demo watchlist, where bank staff see them. A public service needs agreement with CBSL, the FIU and the police first.