Spot the fakes before they cost you

Every guide in this section is checked claim by claim against primary sources — the police force that takes the report, the regulator, the vendor's own documentation — and lists those sources at the end. That is deliberate: a wrong step in a scam guide costs somebody real money, so this is the one part of the site held to that standard.

The scams that work best are not clever, they are urgent. A voice on the phone that sounds like your grandson, a video call from someone who looks like your boss, a message that gives you ninety seconds to act. These guides explain how each one is built and what to do in the moment — usually something as ordinary as hanging up and calling back on a number you already had.