Omingle
Safety

Staying safe on Omingle.

Omingle puts you in direct contact with strangers. Use these guidelines to keep your experience safe and positive.

Do

  • Leave any conversation that makes you uncomfortable — no explanation needed.
  • Use the Report button for anything abusive, illegal, or that appears to involve a minor.
  • Keep it friendly. A little kindness goes a long way.

Don't

  • Share personal information: real name, address, phone number, school, workplace.
  • Send money, gifts, or anything of value to strangers.
  • Meet up with anyone you met on Omingle in real life.
  • Assume anyone you meet is who they claim to be.

How moderation works

Text chats are filtered for profanity. Reports feed an auto-ban system that quickly removes users who receive multiple credible reports. Reports classified as involving a minor trigger an immediate ban pending manual review.

If you need help

If you are in immediate danger, contact your local emergency services. For online safety support, resources like the Internet Watch Foundation (iwf.org.uk) and Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (cybercivilrights.org) can help.

How Omingle protects you

  • Adults only: everyone must confirm they are 18 or older before chatting.
  • No accounts: we never ask for your email, phone number or real name.
  • A report button in every chat, with categories for nudity, harassment, spam and suspected minors.
  • Automatic bans: when several different people report the same user within a day, they are banned automatically, and repeated reports within a week lead to a longer ban.
  • Suspected minors are removed immediately with a 72-hour ban while the report is reviewed.
  • Bans are tied to both the IP address and the browser, so banned users can't just reload and come back.
  • Text messages are filtered for profanity and rate-limited to stop spam.
  • Video is peer-to-peer, so your stream never passes through our servers, and we don't store chat messages.

Scams to watch out for

Most bad actors on random chat sites follow the same few scripts. If you know them, they're easy to spot.

  • Video call blackmail (sextortion): someone gets flirty fast, pushes you to do something on camera, records it, then demands money. Never do anything on camera you'd hate to see shared. If it happens, don't pay. Save evidence, block them and report it.
  • "Move to another app": pressure to switch to Snapchat, Telegram or WhatsApp straight away, where there's no moderation and your contacts are exposed.
  • Links and "verification": anyone sending links, or asking you to "verify" on another site, is almost always a bot or a scam.
  • Money requests: gift cards, crypto, mobile top-ups or payment app transfers to a stranger are always a scam, whatever the story.

Protect your privacy on video

  • Check your background before you start: no documents, school or work logos, or anything with your address.
  • You don't have to show your face. You can turn your camera off at any time or use text chat instead.
  • Assume you can be recorded. No website can stop someone from screen-recording their own screen.
  • Because video is peer-to-peer, the other person may be able to see your IP address, which usually shows only a rough area. A reputable VPN hides it if you prefer.

Where to report serious problems

Always use the Report button in the chat first. For crimes such as blackmail, threats or anything involving a child, also contact the authorities where you live:

  • United States: NCMEC CyberTipline (report.cybertip.org) for child exploitation; call 911 in an emergency.
  • United Kingdom: CEOP (National Crime Agency) for child safety concerns, the Internet Watch Foundation for abuse images; call 999 in an emergency.
  • India: the national cybercrime helpline 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.
  • Pakistan: the NCCIA helpline 1799, or police helpline 15.
  • Anywhere else: your local police or national cybercrime unit.

A note for parents

Omingle is strictly for adults. Online age checks are easy for determined kids to get around, so the most effective protection is an open conversation: talk about why strangers ask to move to private apps, why "just show me" is a red flag, and that they can always tell you if something goes wrong without losing their phone. Browser and router parental controls help too, especially for younger children.

For more detail, read our guides on staying safe on random video chat and staying anonymous in text chat, or the FAQ.