Updated Articles

  1. Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) Recommendations and Advice

    Utilizing adequate Multi-factor Authentication (MFA), particularly for any accounts with any links to cryptocurrency accounts or financial accounts is critically important for users to implement in order to ensure accounts are relatively secure and much less prone to being hacked or compromised.
  2. Seed phrase storage tips

    To ensure the cryptocurrency you store in any self-custodial wallet remains safe and secure, it is of utmost importance that you store your seed phrase securely
  3. How to Identify worthless or fake cryptocurrency tokens

    It is common for fraudsters to send their victims counterfeit or fake cryptocurrency tokens that have no real value as part of their fraud schemes. This is done to make the victim think that they have received or recovered their money, whether it be from a fraudulent investment platform, or from a trader or even from a recovery scammer.
  4. Is this crypto exchange platform legit?

    About 99% of the time when people ask us the question, the answer is no, the crypto exchange platform is not legit; on the contrary, it's fraudulent
  5. Am I Being Scammed?

    If you have been trying to withdraw your funds, and the platform has not allowed you to perform a withdrawal, and has instead come up with various excuses (e.g. you have to pay a 'tax' first, or some bogus fee), it is undoubtedly a scam.
  6. Avoiding Crypto Drainers, Approval Phishing and Malicious Smart Contracts

    Cryptocurrency drainers are malicious smart contracts that allow for wallet to be drained of some or all tokens held in a wallet owner by virtue of the cryptocurrency wallet owner 'approving' the ability for the smart contract to access and send t...
  7. How to get your money out of a crypto platform or exchange that isn't processing withdrawal requests

    Cryptocurrency withdrawal requests performed from legitimate cryptocurrency exchanges are typically processed in less then 15 minutes. If it's been over an hour, it's highly unusual and users may understandably want to know the reason for the dela...
  8. Unable to withdraw from my exchange account

    If any exchange you are using is not processing a withdrawal request you have made, there are a variety of possible reasons why it may have failed. Troubleshoot using the possible reasons for failure below. 1. Additional authentication may be req...
  9. Reversing bank and credit card transfers

    When users realize they've been a victim of a cryptocurrency scam, it is common for them to try and determine if any funds can be recovered. Cryptocurrency transactions can't be reversed once they have been sent and confirmed on the blockchain, ho...
  10. Reporting malicious wallet addresses

    Users that want to report cryptocurrency fraud or want to report stolen cryptocurrency  sometimes want to report the addresses associated with the fraud. Reporting the addresses can be helpful to notify exchanges about questionable or illicit sour...