20 / Before you act
Decision Pressure Check
Create space around a specific decision. This check identifies pressure factors and protective steps, not a personal susceptibility score.
Start check →Fraud & Scam Intelligence / Your entry point
Start with your question.
A name in an advert, a domain, a surprising request for money or a promised recovery: each calls for a different check. Choose your situation and follow the sources. For a financial provider, I‑SCAN is the first lookup.
Path / start
Start with the provider
Compare identity, authorisation, website and offer before you commit.
19 / Before you act
Community & Recommendation Check
A recommendation from your community deserves independent checking. Trust in people cannot replace evidence about an offer.
Start check →18 / Before you act
Wallet & Transaction Check
Before a crypto transfer or wallet authorisation, check the recipient, source and requested permission.
Start check →17 / Before you act
Contact & Request Check
An unexpected contact wants money, information or access? Check the request before you act.
Start check →01 / First provider check
IOSCO I‑SCAN / Data overview
Explore supervisory alerts supplied to IOSCO in the analysed dataset. Continue to the 3RMCN lookup and original sources from the overview.
Open data overview →15 / Verify identity
Clone & Identity Check
Compare an approach with independent official sources: legal entity, domain, contact, permission and payee.
Compare identities →16 / Read an alert
Warning Decoder
Separate the issuing authority, subject, exact identifiers and jurisdiction of a warning before drawing conclusions.
Interpret an alert →09 / Identity and registers
Imprint & Entity Check
Compare the legal entity on a site with the contract, original registers, domain and payment recipient. Record contradictions and open questions locally.
Compare identities →02 / Guided pre-check
Investigation Trail
Assess a specific offer or recovery claim. The traffic light identifies what needs checking next.
Start pre-check →06 / Examine a website
Source Navigator
Create targeted links from a domain to independent public sources.
Create check links →Path / understand
Understand the mechanism
Use documented patterns and cases to turn a vague concern into a precise question.
Human Factors
Psychology of Scam & Fraud
Fraud exploits trust and decision situations. Those who deceive bear responsibility, not those affected.
Explore mechanisms →03 / Understand the essentials
Fraud & Scam Knowledge Base
Ten topics on provider identity, payment routes, digital traces and evidence, with sources and a first check.
Explore knowledge →05 / Recognise a method
Scam & Fraud Pattern Library
Explore 44 methods by features, targets, channels and warning signs.
Explore patterns →12 / Verify performance claims
Track Record Check
Distinguish promotional charts, backtests and live results, then inspect completeness, costs, losses and independent verification.
Check the track record →13 / Referrals and compensation
Referral & Affiliate Decoder
Inspect the economics of a recommendation, the visible link and the evidence behind a provider claim.
Examine a referral →07 / Read published cases
CFD & FX Case Register
Read supervisory decisions and ombudsman cases in their original context.
Explore cases →Background / Telephone outreach
Cold Calling
Recognise the sequence, objectives and pressure tactics of unsolicited investment calls.
Understand the method →Background / Pattern analysis
Financial Grooming Check
When an acquaintance becomes an investment adviser, trust should not replace verification. Here, financial grooming means deliberately building a relationship to influence financial decisions.
Explore the pattern →Background / Pattern analysis
Money Mule Check
A side job, a favour or a supposedly mistaken payment: if someone wants foreign funds routed through your account, independent scrutiny is needed immediately.
Explore the pattern →Background / Pattern analysis
Marketplace Seller Scam
You are selling an item, yet suddenly you are asked to pay. A supposed buyer demands an advance for transport, insurance or export. Check the direction of payment before acting.
Explore the pattern →Path / respond
Choose what to do next
The priority changes after contact, payment or a recovery approach.
04 / Take the next step
Do’s & Don’ts
Practical steps before paying, after contact, after a loss and when recovery is promised.
Choose a situation →10 / Document events
Evidence Timeline
Record contacts, claims, payments and evidence references in chronological order; export a local working note.
Build a timeline →11 / Recovery claim
Recovery Claim Check
Examine an offer to recover lost funds: identity, advance fees, access requests, guarantees and evidence.
Check a recovery claim →14 / Find a complaint route
Complaint Route Finder
Find a suitable route for a complaint, police report or supervisory tip. Check deadlines and jurisdiction for your case.
Find a route →Path / report
Share a substantive observation
Prepare factual information and use an appropriate official route while our protected channel is being developed.
08 / Prepare a factual reportProtected intake in development
Whistleblower
What makes a report verifiable and which official routes are available. Our protected intake is in development.
Prepare a report →Individual review
When the public sources are not enough.
A defined provider, conduct or forensic review can bring multiple sources together. The questions, scope and expertise are agreed for the individual case.
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