Cash-outs · Scams · Account security
Is this safe? Am I being scammed?
That is the only kind of question this site answers. Eighteen case files take apart flagged bank transfers, spoofed sites, fake support, wallet approvals and the structure behind long-con scams — plus five tools that never touch the network. No fear-mongering: each piece ends with something you can actually do.
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Browse the file groups
Follow the same question across several files.
Money flows and platform risk
A flagged bank payment, a failed exchange and a referral payout each involve a different money trail. These files cover bank restrictions, platform custody and referral payments, so you can follow who handles the money and where the risk sits.
Scam patterns and profit promises
A stranger offering profits, a signal group and a high-yield platform can look quite different. These files trace how each builds trust and moves towards a payment. Start with the general patterns, then open the file closest to the offer in front of you.
Entry points and identity checks
The site you open, the app you download and the person messaging you each need a separate identity check. These files cover verifying an entry point, checking a sign-up flow, recognising impersonation and comparing a request with a platform’s stated role.
Wallet and account security
A signature, a seed phrase, a second factor and a withdrawal whitelist control different permissions. These files put wallet and account safeguards side by side, from what a signing button authorises to how keys, login checks and withdrawal restrictions fit together.
Start from where you actually are
Four common situations, three direct entry points each.
Q1The money is already gone
- First 72 hours checklist: branching by what happened
- Account frozen: what to do first
- Finding and revoking wallet approvals
Q2Not sent yet, but they're pushing
- Script matcher: which structure is this
- Six things a real platform never does
- A friend is asking for money — is it them?
Q3Not sure this thing is real
Q4Nothing's wrong — I want to understand first
All case files
Group A are the long ones. Group B each answer a single question. Every mechanism traces back to a public source.
Checking tools
All five run in your browser. A site about scams whose tools quietly phone home would be the joke writing itself.
T-01
Transfer address checker
Identifies which chain an address belongs to and verifies its checksum against Base58Check, Bech32/Bech32m and EIP-55. The result also states plainly what it cannot tell you.
No upload · No network · No storage
T-02
Suspicious platform decision tree
Nine checkpoints. Answer them and you get the risk signals you hit plus what to do about each. It does not return a verdict on whether something is a scam.
No upload · No network · No storage
T-03
Scam script matcher
Tick the lines they used. It matches them to one of five structures and tells you what that structure usually does next.
No upload · No network · No storage
T-04
Official source checklist
Domain, store developer name, support entry point, how you arrived, certificate. Each with how to do it and what a failure looks like.
No upload · No network · No storage
T-05
First 72 hours checklist
Branches by asset type and current state: what to do immediately, what evidence to keep, who to contact, and what never to do.
No upload · No network · No storage
Common questions
Including the ones about us.
What is this site for?
It answers one kind of question: is this safe, or am I being scammed? The scope is deposits and withdrawals, frozen or flagged bank accounts, fake apps and websites, fake support, wallet approvals, and the structures behind common scams. Price predictions, coin reviews, news commentary and platform rankings are deliberately out of scope.
Why doesn't anything here tell me to hurry?
Because manufacturing time pressure is the one move every scam has in common. A site about avoiding scams that uses the same trick has no standing. The test we hold ourselves to is simple: after reading, you should know what to actually do next, not just feel afraid.
Do the tools send anything I type to a server?
No. All five tools run entirely in your browser. There is no code on those pages that makes a network request or writes to local storage. You can open your browser's network panel and confirm that nothing is sent while you use them.
How does this site make money?
Through an exchange referral share. If you register at Binance using our code, the platform applies its current referral rules. Whether that code gives any trading-fee discount, and at what rate, must be confirmed on the exchange registration page at the time; this site promises no fixed figure. The full breakdown is on our disclosure page. Why "the exchange is giving you X% back" does not hold up as a statement is its own case file.
My bank flagged a crypto cash-out. Where do I start?
Start with the first-steps piece: it covers what to preserve in the first few hours and who to actually contact. Then read the longer piece on why peer-to-peer cash-outs get flagged, which separates a bank's own risk controls from a formal legal hold — two very different situations that should not be treated as one.
Can you help me recover funds or unfreeze an account?
No, and we offer no service of that kind. Worth knowing: anyone who contacts you after a loss promising to recover funds should be treated as a likely second-round scam. See the 72 hours checklist and our disclaimer.
About this site
Who writes it, how it's checked, what happens when it's wrong.
Writing and checking
- About us: what the desk is, and what we don't invent
- Corrections: every fix stays on the record
- Contact: tell us when something is wrong
Money and risk
- Disclosure: where the money comes from
- Risk and disclaimer: what we don't do
- Privacy: nothing collected, nothing tracked
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