Scam Blocklist

1. Open the AdGuard Home dashboard and go to Filters → DNS blocklists.
2. Click Add blocklist → Add a custom list.
3. Enter Scam Blocklist as name and paste the URL below, then click Save.
4. AdGuard Home refreshes lists automatically; use Check for updates to force it.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

AdGuard Home documentation

Subscribe in uBlock Origin

Manual import

1. Click the uBlock Origin icon → Dashboard (gear icon).
2. Open the Filter lists tab and scroll to the bottom.
3. Expand Import…, paste the URL below and click Apply changes.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

uBlock Origin documentation

Subscribe in AdGuard

1. Open AdGuard → Settings → Filters → Custom.
2. Click Add custom filter and paste the URL below.
3. Confirm with Next / Add.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

AdGuard (Apps) documentation

1. Open the web console and go to Settings → Blocking.
2. Paste the URL below into Block List URLs (one per line) and click Save Settings.
3. Technitium downloads the list immediately and refreshes it every 24 hours.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

Technitium DNS documentation

1. Go to Services → Unbound DNS → Blocklist.
2. Enable the blocklist feature and paste the URL below into URLs of Blocklists.
3. Click Apply. OPNsense downloads the list via cron (default: daily).

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

OPNsense (Unbound) documentation

1. Go to Firewall → pfBlockerNG → DNSBL → DNSBL Groups (or IP for IP lists).
2. Click Add, give the group a name and add the URL below as source (Format: Auto).
3. Save, then run Update → Force Reload.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

pfBlockerNG documentation

Add the list to the blocking.denylists section of your config.yml:

blocking:
  denylists:
    default:
      - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt
  clientGroupsBlock:
    default:
      - default

Restart Blocky afterwards.

Blocky documentation

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null

Windows (PowerShell as administrator)

Invoke-WebRequest "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt" -OutFile "$env:TEMPhosts.txt"
Add-Content -Path "$env:SystemRootSystem32driversetchosts" -Value (Get-Content "$env:TEMPhosts.txt")

Very large hosts files can slow down DNS resolution on some systems. Prefer a DNS-based blocker like Pi-hole or AdGuard Home for lists with more than ~100k entries.

1. Open AdAway and tap Sources (or Hosts sources).
2. Tap +, paste the URL below and confirm.
3. Go back and tap Update / Apply.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/durablenapkin/scamblocklist/master/hosts.txt

AdAway documentation