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8 articlesThe Scam safety section lists every article in that section. This page starts from the situation instead: find the line that sounds like what is happening to you right now, and open the article next to it. Two entries point into the First trade guides, because the P2P traps and the anti-phishing code live there.
- Someone messaged me first, claiming to be supportFake Support, Fake Apps, Fake Sites: Three ChecksBefore you reply or click anything: enter through your own bookmark, read the domain right to left, and check who spoke first.
- Someone messaged me first, claiming to be supportThe Eight Crypto Scam Playbooks Beginners Run IntoIf the message does not fit the fake-support pattern, find which of the eight playbooks it does fit and the step where that playbook is weakest.
- A new online friend keeps showing me their profitsThe Long Con, Act by Act: From Hello to Blocked WithdrawalsWork out which act you are in. The small withdrawals that genuinely arrive are part of the script, not proof that the platform is real.
- Someone wants my twelve words to “verify” or “sync” a walletSeed Phrases and Private Keys: Why Nobody Gets Your Twelve WordsNo legitimate check ever needs them. The five ways they are actually taken, and what to do if they have already left your hands.
- A stranger wants to send money through my account, or pays me oddly in P2PWhy Receiving a Payment for Someone Can Freeze Your AccountWhy “just receive it for me” can end with your own account restricted, and what source-of-funds evidence means if it happens.
- A stranger wants to send money through my account, or pays me oddly in P2PYour First Deposit: the Common P2P TrapsFake payment screenshots, “slightly short” payments and “I overpaid, send some back” — the traps section of the peer-to-peer guide.
- Nothing has happened yet — what makes me harder to fool?Three Things to Set Up on Day One: the Anti-Phishing CodeAn anti-phishing code lets you tell a real exchange email from a fake one at a glance; the whitelist on the same page limits where withdrawals can go.
- I already lost money, and now someone offers to get it backCrypto Recovery Scams: Who Offers to Get Your Money Back for a FeeLawyers, police, tracers or “compliance staff” who ask for a fee first are the second round of the same loss. The real reporting route is in here.