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5 articlesA default rule worth adopting: if they contacted you first, treat it as fake until it proves otherwise. This line puts fake support, the long con, payment favours and peer-to-peer counterparties side by side — not to frighten you, but so you can name the act you are standing in.
- Fake Support, Fake Apps, Fake Sites: Three ChecksThree repeatable actions instead of eyeballing it: enter through your own bookmark, read the domain right to left, check who spoke first. Plus how to check email, social accounts and phone calls, and what this method does not cover.
- The Eight Crypto Scam Playbooks Beginners Run IntoFake support, fake apps, the long con, approval phishing, high-yield schemes, recovery services, account borrowing and job scams — each one taken apart: what the other side is after, the step where it is weakest, and what to do, in order, if it has already happened.
- The Long Con, Act by Act: From Hello to Blocked WithdrawalsSix acts of relationship-built fraud: what each act achieves, why those middle withdrawals genuinely arrive, and where each is easiest to interrupt. Plus what someone watching from outside can do.
- Why Receiving a Payment for Someone Can Freeze Your AccountHow illicit funds reach an ordinary account, where the risk sits in legitimate peer-to-peer trading, what source-of-funds evidence means, and what to do, in order, if your account is actually restricted.
- Your First Deposit: Who You Are Really Trading WithPeer-to-peer trading explained: the full order flow, how to choose a counterparty, six rules that save trouble, common traps such as fake payment proof and refund requests, and why selling carries the opposite risk to buying.